Detection of local interactions from the spatial pattern of names in France

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-95

  Head, Keith ^a   Mayer, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38049187470     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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