Effects of MAUP on spatial econometric models

Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-185

  Arbia, Giuseppe ^a   Petrarca, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregation effect; Loss in efficiency; MAUP; SARAR models; Scale effect; Spatial econometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054047397     PISSN: 18644031     EISSN: 1864404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12076-011-0065-9     Document Type: Letter

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