Can geographically weighted regressions improve regional analysis and policy making?

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 300-329

  Ali, Kamar ^a   Partridge, Mark D ^b   Olfert, M Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographically weighted regression; Rural development; Rural policy making; Spatial regression

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLICY MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250658086     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017607301609     Document Type: Article

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