Estimation bias in spatial models with strongly connected weight matrices

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-332

  Smith, Tony E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MATRIX; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650181984     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2009.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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