The impact of space and scale on conditional convergence: Test results from the United States (1970-2004)

Annals of GIS

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-21

  James, Ryan D ^a   Campbell Jr , Harrison S ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

convergence; modifiable areal unit problem; spatial data analysis; United States

Indexed keywords

INCOME; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892405692     PISSN: 19475683     EISSN: 19475691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2013.862300     Document Type: Article

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