We examine the distribution of sales for a retail chain in the Houston market using a spatial gravity model. Unlike previous empirical studies, our approach models spatial dependencies among both consumers and retailers. The results show that both forms of spatial dependence exert statistically...

This paper analyzes the evolution of labor productivity disparities among 145 European regions over 1975-2000 according to the concepts of ƒã- and ƒÒ-convergence and emphasizes the importance of including spatial effects and a disaggregated analysis at a sectoral level. We detect a...

This paper follows on from the discussion of Florax, Folmer and Rey (2003) on the advantages and disadvantages of various specification strategies for econometric models in a spatial setting. Habitual practice has popularized a technique based on the well-known Lagrange Multipliers, which seems...

In this paper we examine the relation between geographic location and innovative behavior. Knowledge spillins, as opposed to knowledge spillovers, are modeled as an externality which exists between geographically close economic agents and enters the representative inventor production function...

The literature on whether new roads cause deforestation in developing countries has grown rapidly. However, improvements rather than new construction are increasingly common. Renovations are undertaken when prior maintenance expenditures have not been adequateor when economic or political...

Este artículo se divide en dos partes perfectamente diferenciadas. En la primera el autor reflexiona sobre la oportunidad del tema del presente monográfico, resaltando algunos de los factores que justifican dicha oportunidad, en tanto en cuanto constituyen hitos relevantes dentro de la...

A pesar de los continuos avances registrados en integración económica, comunicación y transporte, el entorno físico sigue condicionando fuertemente las relaciones comerciales. Este trabajo analiza los flujos comerciales interregionales de las CC.AA. españolas. Los resultados del estudio...

In this article we suppose that the integration of accessibility and neighborhood variables in hedonic housing models doesn't allow to take into account the spatial effects between the housing prices. Using a sample of 1520 transactions of apartments in the urban area of Dijon, we focus on two...