Bayesians in space: Using Bayesian methods to inform choice of spatial weights matrix in hedonic property analyses

Review of Regional Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-255

  Mueller, Julie M ^a   Loomis, John B ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian Estimation; Spatial Hedonic Models; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861001806     PISSN: 0048749X     EISSN: 15530892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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