Do Natural Amenities Attract High-tech Jobs? Evidence From a Smoothed Bayesian Spatial Model

Spatial Economic Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-422

  Dorfman, Jeffrey H ^a   Partridge, Mark D ^b   Galloway, Hamilton ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Economic Modeling Specialists Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian econometrics; high tech employment; smooth coefficient models; spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859326272     PISSN: 17421772     EISSN: 17421780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17421772.2011.610811     Document Type: Article

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