کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
971332 932286 2010 16 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Dots to boxes: Do the size and shape of spatial units jeopardize economic geography estimations?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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Dots to boxes: Do the size and shape of spatial units jeopardize economic geography estimations?
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper evaluates, in the context of economic geography estimates, the magnitude of the distortions arising from the choice of a specific zoning system, which is also known as the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). We undertake three standard economic geography exercises (the analysis of spatial concentration, agglomeration economies, and trade determinants), using various French zoning systems differentiated according to the size and shape of their spatial units. While size might matter, especially when the dependent variable of a regression is not aggregated in the same way as the explanatory variables and/or the zoning system involves large spatial units, shape does so much less. In any case, both dimensions are of secondary importance compared to specification issues.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Urban Economics - Volume 67, Issue 3, May 2010, Pages 287–302
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