Economic dynamics and forest clearing: A spatial econometric analysis for Indonesia

Regional Inequality in Iran and the Impact of Economic Factors: A Spatial Econometric Approach

R egional unbalanced growth and the factors affecting it are one of the most important economic issues in developing countries. In this research, after evaluating the regional inequality at the provincial level of Iran, in order to examine the effect of economic factors on it, it was considered as a spatial econometric model using panel data during the period of 2001 to 2015. The evaluatio...

Estimating Spatial Interactions in Forest Clearing∗

We estimate the effects of neighbors’ deforestation actions on individuals’ deforestation decisions in Costa Rica. We find evidence that neighbors’ effects are positive and significant. To address simultaneity and spatially correlated unobservable factors, we instrument for neighboring deforestation using neighboring land parcel characteristics. Under the presence of interactions, local forest ...

Spatial Econometric Issues for Bio-Economic and Land-Use Modeling

We survey the literature on spatial bio-economic and land-use modelling and review thematic developments. Unobserved site specific heterogeneity is common in almost all of the surveyed works . Heterogeneity appears also to be a significant catalyst engendering significant methodological innovation. To better equip prototypes to adequately incorporate heterogeneity, we consider a smorgasbord of ...

The Survey of Economic Convergence and Spillover Effects between EU and Mediterranean Countries: a Spatial Econometric Perspective

Economic and Econometric Models