Front Cover -- Spatial Econometrics: Qualitative and Limited Dependent Variables -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Progress in Spatial Modeling of Discrete and Continuous Dependent Variables -- Part II: Discrete Dependent Variables - Maximum...

Can different social groups develop different demands for social insurance of risks to health and work? We study this issue across language groups in Switzerland. Language defines social groups and Swiss language groups are separated by a clear geographic border. Actual levels of social...

Cross-border regional development is one of the EU current major concerns. These regions are usually less dynamic socio-economically. Some of them have recently benefited from new roads, which have mainly been funded through the European financial program of Transnational Transport Networks,...

This paper investigates the presence of sigma and beta convergence between the Polish subregions over 1995–2006. We verify for the absolute convergence, as well as for the convergence conditioned on the stock of physical capital, human capital and the size of the central city, these being...