Spatial filtering and eigenvector stability: Space-time models for German unemployment data

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-280

  Patuelli, Roberto ^a,b   Griffith, Daniel A ^c   Tiefelsdorf, Michael ^c   Nijkamp, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

eigenvectors; Germany; GLMM; spatial filtering; unemployment

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ECONOMETRICS; EIGENVALUE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 79953030286     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017610386482     Document Type: Article

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