Gravity Models of Spatial Interaction Behavior

Gravity Models of Spatial Interaction Behavior
Author: Ashish Sen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 586
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642798802

Gravity models describe, and hence help predict, spatial flows of commuters, air-travelers, migrants, commodities and even messages. They are one of the oldest and most widely used of all social science models. This book presents an up-to-date, consistent and unified approach to the theory, methods and application of the gravity model - which spans from the axiomatic foundations of such models all the way to practical hints for their use. "I have found no better general method for use in applied research dealing with spatial interaction... It is against this background that the present book by Sen and Smith is most welcomed." Walter Isard

The Spatial Economy

The Spatial Economy
Author: Masahisa Fujita
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2001-07-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0262303604

The authors show how a common approach that emphasizes the three-way interaction among increasing returns, transportation costs, and the movement of productive factors can be applied to a wide range of issues in urban, regional, and international economics. Since 1990 there has been a renaissance of theoretical and empirical work on the spatial aspects of the economy—that is, where economic activity occurs and why. Using new tools—in particular, modeling techniques developed to analyze industrial organization, international trade, and economic growth—this "new economic geography" has emerged as one of the most exciting areas of contemporary economics. The authors show how seemingly disparate models reflect a few basic themes, and in so doing they develop a common "grammar" for discussing a variety of issues. They show how a common approach that emphasizes the three-way interaction among increasing returns, transportation costs, and the movement of productive factors can be applied to a wide range of issues in urban, regional, and international economics. This book is the first to provide a sound and unified explanation of the existence of large economic agglomerations at various spatial scales.

Spatial Behavior

Spatial Behavior
Author: Reginald G. Golledge
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 652
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781572300507

How do human beings negotiate the spaces in which they live, work, and play? How are firms and institutions, and their spatial behaviors, being affected by processes of economic and societal change? What decisions do they make about their natural and built environment, and how are these decisions acted out? Updating and expanding concepts of decision making and choice behavior on different geographic scales, this major revision of the authors' acclaimed Analytical Behavioral Geography presents theoretical foundations, extensive case studies, and empirical evidence of human behavior in a comprehensive range of physical, social, and economic settings. Generously illustrated with maps, diagrams, and tables, the volume also covers issues of gender, discusses traditionally excluded groups such as the physically and mentally challenged, and addresses the pressing needs of our growing elderly population.

Spatial Microeconometrics

Spatial Microeconometrics
Author: Giuseppe Arbia
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2021-03-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317563484

Spatial Microeconometrics introduces the reader to the basic concepts of spatial statistics, spatial econometrics and the spatial behavior of economic agents at the microeconomic level. Incorporating useful examples and presenting real data and datasets on real firms, the book takes the reader through the key topics in a systematic way. The book outlines the specificities of data that represent a set of interacting individuals with respect to traditional econometrics that treat their locational choices as exogenous and their economic behavior as independent. In particular, the authors address the consequences of neglecting such important sources of information on statistical inference and how to improve the model predictive performances. The book presents the theory, clarifies the concepts and instructs the readers on how to perform their own analyses, describing in detail the codes which are necessary when using the statistical language R. The book is written by leading figures in the field and is completely up to date with the very latest research. It will be invaluable for graduate students and researchers in economic geography, regional science, spatial econometrics, spatial statistics and urban economics.

A Behavioural Theory of Economic Development

A Behavioural Theory of Economic Development
Author: Robert Huggins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2021-01-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0198832346

This book establishes a novel behavioural theory of economic development to illustrate that differences in human behaviour across cities and regions, both individually and collectively, are a significant deep-rooted cause of uneven development within and across nations.

Evolutionary Spatial Economics

Evolutionary Spatial Economics
Author: Miroslav N. Jovanović
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 831
Release: 2020-01-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1785368990

A crucial question in contemporary economics concerns where economic activities will locate and relocate themselves in the future. This comprehensive, innovative book applies an evolutionary framework to spatial economics, arguing against the prevailing neoclassical equilibrium model, providing important concrete and theoretical insights, and illuminating areas of future enquiry.

Consumer Spatial Behaviour

Consumer Spatial Behaviour
Author: Robert William Bacon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1984
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

A theoretical book on the locational aspects of consumer behaviour.

Urban Rhythms and Travel Behaviour

Urban Rhythms and Travel Behaviour
Author: Stefan Schönfelder
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2016-02-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317003462

The recent availability of longitudinal data on individual trip making and activity behaviour has provided analysts with new insights into the structures and motives of daily life travel. Multi-week travel diary data-sets and GPS observations are exciting sources of information for the description and modelling of the variability of individual travel patterns. Through an analysis of these strong new data sets, this book questions what are the most suitable methodological tools to represent the structures of long-term travel behaviour. It also examines what the data tells us about the travellers' motives and looks at how planning should translate the findings into forecasting tools and transport strategies. In doing so, the multifaceted and ambiguous character of daily life travel is revealed, illustrating how, while sound routines in time and space seem to dominate daily life, individuals show a considerable amount of variability and flexibility in travel and activity behaviour.

Advances in the Spatial Theory of Voting

Advances in the Spatial Theory of Voting
Author: James M. Enelow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1990-06-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521352840

This volume brings together eight original essays designed to provide an overview of developments in spatial voting theory in the past ten years. The topics covered are: spatial competition with possible entry by new candidates; the "heresthetical" manipulation of vote outcomes; candidates with policy preferences; experimental testing of spatial models; probabilistic voting; voting on alternatives with predictive power; elections with more than two candidates under different election systems; and agenda-setting behavior in voting. Leading scholars in these areas summarize the major results of their own and other's work, providing self-contained discussions that will apprise readers of important recent advances.