A Hierarchical Gravity Model with Spatial Correlation: Mathematical Formulation and Parameter Estimation

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-463

  de Grange, Louis ^a   Ibeas, Angel ^b   González, Felipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gravity model; Hierarchical model; Maximum likelihood; Multi objective optimization; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053926738     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-008-9097-0     Document Type: Article

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