ChicagoRiver

TheChicagoRiveris251kmlongandusedtoflowthroughdowntownChicagotoLakeMichigan.Theflowwasengineeredtogosouthinthenineteenthcentury.LocalcustomistodyetherivergreenonSt.Patrick’sDay.

PublicationAcollectionofthekeynotes,papersanddocumentedsoftwaredemonstrationsispublishedasaspecialissueofthe“InternationalRegionalScienceReview”.SubmissionsareduebySeptember1,2010.Theissuewillbepublishedin2011.

Thanksto:

PurdueUniversityDepartmentofAgriculturalEconomicsSpace,HealthandPopulationEconomicsProgram(SHaPE)403W.StateStreetWestLafayette,IN47907http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/shape/,shape@purdue.eduhttp://www.agecon.purdue.edu/sea_2010/,sea2010@purdue.edu

PurdueUniversitypresentsthe

IVthWorldConferenceoftheSpatialEconometricsAssociation

Chicago,June9–12,2010

2010

SHaPE

LakeMichiganTheconferencehotelisatwalkingdistancefromtheshoresofLakeMichigan.

Welcome Committees

WelcomefromtheChairLocationmatters!WiththeshoresofLakeMichigan,the“MagnificentMile”,MillenniumParkandNavyPierinwalkingdistancefromourconferencevenue,youshouldhaveawonderfulexperienceinChicago.IamdelightedtowelcomeyoutoChicagotoparticipateintheIVthWorldConferenceoftheSpatialEconometricsAssociation.

Thescientificprogramfeaturesmanydistinguishedspeakersandthisyear–forthefirsttime–wewillalsohaveapaneldiscussiononteachingspatialeconometricsandasoftwaredemonstrationsession.Aselectionofthepaperspresentedattheconferencewillbepublishedasaspecialissueofthe“InternationalRegionalScienceReview”.

TheconferencehasbeengenerouslysponsoredbytheDepartmentofAgriculturalEconomicsofPurdueUniversity,theWickershamChairofExcellenceinAgriculturalResearch,theDepartmentofSpatialEconomicsattheVUUniversityAmsterdam,andtheSpatialEconometricsAssociation.

ManyofthemembersoftheLocalOrganizingCommitteearegraduatestudentsintheSpace,HealthandPopulationEconomics(SHaPE)programatPurdueUniversity.Theywillbehappytoassistyouwithanyrequestorquerythatyoumayhave.

RaymondJ.G.M.FloraxChairLocalOrganizingCommitteehttp://www.agecon.purdue.edu/sea_2010/

LocalOrganizingCommitteeThemembersoftheLocalOrganizingCommitteearefaculty,staffandgraduatestudentsfromtheDepartmentofAgriculturalEconomics,theDepartmentofEconomicsandtheConferenceDivisionofPurdueUniversity.

ScientificAdvisoryBoardLucAnselin,ArizonaStateUniversityGiuseppeArbia,D’AnnunzioUniversityAnilK.Bera,UniversityofIllinoisBadiH.Baltagi,SyracuseUniversityRogerS.Bivand,NorwegianSchoolofEconomicsandBusinessAdministrationBernardFingleton,StrathclydeUniversityRaymondJ.G.M.Florax,PurdueUniversityAlfonsoFlores‐Lagunes,UniversityofFlorida

YongBaoBenoîtA.DelbecqElizabethA.DobisRaymondJ.G.M.Florax(chair)C.GustavHelmers

DavidL.OrtegaMarshaPritchardBrigitteS.WaldorfPatrickS.WardSusanR.Xioufaridou

Committees SEA

ElenaG.Irwin,OhioStateUniversityDaytonM.Lambert,UniversityofTennesseeJulieLeGallo,UniversitédeFranche‐ComtéJamesP.LeSage,TexasStateUniversityatSanMarcosEnriqueLópez‐Bazo,UniversityofBarcelonaDanielP.McMillen,UniversityofIllinoisMichaelPfaffermayr,UniversityofInnsbruckIngmarR.Prucha,UniversityofMaryland

JuryforGraduateStudentCompetitionTheSpatialEconometricsAssociationsponsorsagraduatestudentpapercompetitionwithafirstprizeof$300andasecondprizeof$200.Thejurycomprises:

GiuseppeArbia,D’AnnunzioUniversityAnilK.Bera,UniversityofIllinoisEckhardtBode,KielInstitutefortheWorldEconomyTimothyG.Conley,UniversityofChicagoJesusMur,UniversityofZaragozaGuidoPellegrini,UniversityofRomeTheprizewinnerswillbeannouncedduringtheconferencedinneronFriday.

SpatialEconometricsAssociation(SEA)TheSEAorganizedpreviousconferencesinRome(Italy,2006,foundingconference),Cambridge(England,2007),NewYork(USA,2008),andBarcelona(Spain,2009).

SEABoardofDirectors

ScientificAdvisoryBoard,continued

LucAnselinGiuseppeArbia(chair)BadiBaltagiHarryKelejian

JeanPaelinckIngmarPruchaPeterRobinson

SEAFellows

LucAnselinGiuseppeArbiaBadiBaltagiAnilBeraNoelCressieBernardFingletonRaymondFloraxDanielGriffithRobertHainingHarryKelejian

Lung‐FeiLeeJamesLeSageJesusMurHashemPesaranJeanPaelinckIngmarPruchaDannyQuahSergeReyPeterRobinsonDagTjostheim

Guidelines TheCityofChicago

EachroomisequippedwithanLCDprojector(beamer).Thechairofthesessionisresponsibleforprovidingalaptopcomputer,andmaywanttocoordinatetheavailabilityofalaptopwiththepresenters.GenerallyitissufficientifthelaptopprovidesaccesstoPowerPointandAdobeAcrobatReader.PleasebringyourpresentationfileonaUSBmemorystickanduploadyourfilebeforethesessionstarts.SessionOrganizationAllpresentersshouldarrive10minutesinadvanceandmakesurethatnotechnicalproblemsoccur.Eachpresenterhas20‐30minutestopresent,5minutesforhisorherdiscussants’presentationand5minutesforgeneraldiscussion.Pleaserespectthetimelimitforpresentingyourpaperandforthediscussion.Thechairsareadvisedtoenforcethetimeconstraints.

AVEquipmentandLaptop

SessionChair

Discussant

Sessionchairshavebeenassignedintheprogram.Thechairhastoensurethatalaptopisavailableandthattimeconstraintsaremet.Heorsheshouldwelcomeandintroducetheparticipantsandmoderatetheopendiscussion.Ifthesession’schairisabsent,thelastpresenterlistedshouldtaketheroleofthechair.

Everypresenterisdiscussantofthepreviouspaperasindicatedintheprogram.Accordingly,thesecondspeakerisdiscussantofthefirstpaper;thethirdspeakerisdiscussantofthesecondpaper,andsoforth.Thefirstspeakerisdiscussantofthelastpaper.

SkylineandMillenniumPark

ProgramataGlance Program,WednesdayPM

TheregistrationdeskislocatedintheOntarioFoyer(Pre‐functionArea)onthelowerlevel(LL)infrontoftheOntarioBallroom.5:00–7:30pm RegistrationOpeningReceptionTheopeningreceptiontakesplaceinOntarioBallroomBonthelowerlevelofthehotel.

7:00–9:00pm Reception

Registration

Program,ThursdayAM

Chair:YongBao,PurdueUniversity,USA

OnSpecificationandIdentificationinSpatialEconometricModels.JeanPaelinck,D.DasGupta,andU.P.Kelekar,GeorgeMasonUniversity,USA.

Fixed­bAsymptoticsforSpatiallyDependentRobustNonparametricCovarianceMatrixEstimators.C.AlanBester,TimothyG.Conley,ChristianB.Hansen,UniversityofChicagoBoothSchoolofBusiness,USA,andTimothyJ.Vogelsang,MichiganStateUniversity,USA.

SpatialEffectsinSURModels:SpecificationandTesting.AnaAngulo,UniversityofZaragoza,Spain,FernandoLópez,TechnicalUniversityofCartagena,Spain,andJesusMur,UniversityofZaragoza,Spain.

Session1.1,10:30am–12:00pm,OntarioASpatialEconometricTheoryI

Session1.2,10:30am–12:00pm,OntarioBAgglomerationandSpatialEffects

Chair:MatthiasFirgo,WirtschaftsuniversitätWien,Austria

WeightingRipley’sK­functiontoAccountfortheFirmDimensionintheAnalysisofSpatialConcentration.GiuseppeArbia,UniversityofPescara,Italy,GiuseppeEspaandDiegoGiuliani,UniversityofTrento,Italy.

ModellingtheFolkTheoremofSpatialEconomics:AHeterogeneousRegionalGrowthModel.TorbenKlarl,UniversityofAugsburg,Germany.

TheMysteriesoftheTrade:InterindustrySpilloversinCities.WolfgangDauth,InstituteforEmploymentResearch(IAB)Nürnberg,Germany.

Program,ThursdayAM

Registration

Theregistrationdeskwillbeopenallday,startingfromhalfanhourbeforetheprogramcommences.Feelfreetoapproachthelocalorganizerswithallyourquestionsandqueries.

8:00am–6:00pm Registration

Plenarysession,8:30–10:00am,OntarioBallroom

WelcomeRaymondJ.G.M.Florax,ChairLocalOrganizingCommitteeSpatialAnalysis:FromTimesofCholeratoCrimesinColumbus.KeynotespeechAnilK.Bera,UniversityofIllinois,USASpatialEconometricsAssociationMembersAssemblyGiuseppeArbia,ChairmanSEA

CoffeeBreak,10:00–10:30am,OntarioFoyer

Program,ThursdayAM

Chair:FernandoDePaolis,MontereyInstituteofInternationalStudies,USA

AgriculturalProductivityandAnticipatedClimateChangeinSub­SaharanAfrica:ASpatialSampleSelectionModel.PatrickWard,RaymondJ.G.M.Florax,PurdueUniversity,USA,andAlfonsoFlores‐Lagunes,UniversityofFlorida,USA.

SpatialComplementarityofFDI:ExampleofTransitionCountries.OleksandrShepotylo,KyivSchoolofEconomics,Ukraine.

Session1.3,10:30am–12:00pm,OntarioCInfrastructureandTechnology

Session1.4,10:30am–12:00pm,MichiganSpatialStructure

Chair:NicolasDebarsy,UniversityofNamur,Belgium

ANewArealInterpolationTechniqueBasedonSpatialEconometrics.DaisukeMurakamiandMoritoTsutsumi,UniversityofTsukuba,Japan.

ImprobableNatureoftheImpliedCorrelationMatrixfromSpatialRegressionModels.MonalisaSenandAnilK.Bera,UniversityofIllinois,USA.

SocialNetworksandtheSpatialDiffusionofSubprimeMortgages.RubénHernández‐MurilloandRajdeepSengupta,FederalReserveBankofSt.Louis,USA.

Program,ThursdayPM

LunchBreak,12:00–1:30pmMeetingJuryGraduateStudentPaperCompetition,St.ClairBoardroom,byinvitationonly

Chair:OlivierParent,UniversityofCincinnati,USA

PseudoGLSRegressionEstimationwithSpatialData.CuicuiLu,MichiganStateUniversity,USA.

Bias­CorrectedEstimationforSpatialAutocorrelation.ZhenlinYang,SingaporeManagementUniversity,Singapore.

On2nd­orderHiddenHeterogeneityinSpatialEconometricModels.GiuseppeArbia,UniversityofPescara,Italy,AnilBera,UniversityofIllinois,USA,andGianfrancoPiras,CornellUniversity,USA.

FiniteSampleBiasofQMLEinSpatialAutoregressiveModels.YongBao,PurdueUniversity,USA.

Session2.1,1:30–3:30pm,OntarioASpatialEconometricTheoryII

Session2.2,1:30–3:30pm,OntarioBUrbanAnalysisI

Chair:DanielP.McMillen,UniversityofIllinois,USA

WhenallMilesArenottheSame:SpatialNon­StationaryImpactsofEducationalTravelTimeRequirements.JeremyL.Sage,WashingtonStateUniversity,USA.

EconomicPerformanceandQualityofLifeinEuropeanCities.MaksimBelitski,UniversityofLeicester,UK,FrancescoMoscone,BrunelUniversity,UK,andElisaTosetti,CambridgeUniversity,UK.

ModelingInterdependenciesbetweenVehicleTransaction,ResidentialRelocationandJobChange.TahaRashidi,AbolfaziMohammadian,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago,USA,andFrankS.Koppelman,NorthwesternUniversity,USA.

Program,ThursdayPM Program,ThursdayPM

Chair:WolfgangDauth,InstituteforEmploymentResearch(IAB)Nürnberg,Germany

ConvergenceAnalysisasDistributionDynamicswhenDataAreSpatiallyDependent.MargheritaGerolimettoandStefanoMagrini,Ca’FoscariUniversityofVenice,Italy.

IsAgriculturalProductionSpillovertheRationaleBehindCAADPFramework?SpatialPanelModelApproach.JohnMusuaUlimwengu,InternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute,USA,andPrabuddhaSanyal,Odenton,USA.

OilPricesandEconomicGrowthinSouthAfrica:AnARDL­BoundsTestingApproach.NicholasM.Odhiambo,UniversityofSouthAfrica,SouthAfrica.

Session2.3,1:30–3:30pm,OntarioCEconomicGrowthI

Session2.4,1:30–3:30pm,MichiganLaborMarketsandSchooling

Chair:TrevorKollmann,UniversityofArizona,USA

ForecastingRegionalLaborMarketswithGVARModelsandIndicators.NorbertSchanne,InstituteforEmploymentResearch(IAB),Germany.

DynamicsofSpatialInequalityintheBrazilianLaborMarketbetween1980and2000:AFixedEffectApproach.AlexandreGori‐Maia,UniversityofCampinas,Brazil.

UnderstandingtheEffectsofSchoolCompetitionandGentrificationonSchoolPerformance:AnapplicationoftheSpatialSTARModel.SamanthaSnyder,RaymondJ.G.M.Florax,PurdueUniversity,USA,andDanielP.McMillen,UniversityofIllinois,USA.

Session3.1,4:30–6:00pm,OntarioABayesianSpatialEconometrics

Chair:CuicuiLu,MichiganStateUniversity,USA

SpatialDynamicPanelDataModelswithRandomEffects.OlivierParent,UniversityofCincinnati,USA,andJamesP.LeSage,TexasStateUniversityatSanMarcos,USA.

SpatialHierarchicalBayesianModelforMissingDataImputation.HajimeSeya,NationalInstituteforEnvironmentalStudies,Japan,andMoritoTsutsumi,UniversityofTsukuba,Japan.

BayesianEstimationoftheSpatialDurbinErrorModelwithanApplicationonVoterTurnoutinthe2004Election.DonaldJ.Lacombe,WestVirginiaUniversity,USA,GarthJ.Holloway,UniversityofReading,UK,andTimothyM.Shaughnessy,LouisianaStateUniversityatShreveport,USA.

ASimultaneousEquationsModelofFiscalPolicyInteractions.MaartenA.AllersandJ.PaulElhorst,UniversityofGroningen,TheNetherlands.

CoffeeBreak,3:30–4:00pm,OntarioFoyer

Program,ThursdayPM Program,ThursdayPM

Chair:TorbenKlarl,UniversityofAugsburg,Germany

AGeneralizedCross­EntropyApproachtoAnalyzetheStructuralandSpatialChangeintheFrenchDairyFarms.NejlaBenArfa,KarineDaniel,Laress‐ESAAngers,France,andFlorenceJacquet,INRA,France.

TestingforSpatialLocationPatternsofBogotá’sSmallandMediumSizeManufacturingFirms,2006­2008.HernánEnríquezandJuanTomásSayago,UniversidadCentral,Colombia.

ANewMethodforDecomposingHouseholdandFirmAmenityEffectswithanApplicationtoCasinoGambling.MichaelWenz,NortheasternIllinoisUniversity,USA.

Session3.2,4:30–6:00pm,OntarioBIndustriesandAmenities

Session3.3,4:30–6:00pm,OntarioCHousingandLandI

Chair:GeerteCotteleer,WageningenUniversity,TheNetherlands

ASpatialHedonicApproachtoWaterRecreationValue.JanneArtell,MTTAgrifoodResearch,Finland.

TheImpactofAfricanAmericanMigrationonHousingValuesinNewYorkCityNeighborhoodsDuringtheGreatDepression.TrevorKollmann,UniversityofArizona,USA.

TheBenefitsofEnvironmentalImprovement:ASpatialWelfareAnalysis.JohnI.Carruthers,USDepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopment,USA.

Chair:MatthiasKoch,InstitutfürWirtschaftsgeographie,Austria

PanelDataInferenceUnderSpatialDependence.BadiBaltagi,SyracuseUniversity,USA,andAlainPirotte,UniversitéPanthéon‐AssasParisII,France.

TestingRandomEffectsinSpatialPanelDataModels:AnAlternativeApproach.NicolasDebarsy,UniversityofNamur,Belgium.

SpatialPanelEconometricAnalysisoftheEconomicImpactsofBypasses:ARegionalApproach.JoshuaB.MillsandJonD.Fricker,PurdueUniversity,USA.

Session3.4,4:30–6:00pm,MichiganSpatialPanelTheoryandApplicationsI

Program,FridayAM Program,FridayAM

Registration

Theregistrationdeskwillbeopenallday,startingfromhalfanhourbeforetheprogramcommences.Feelfreetoapproachthelocalorganizerswithallyourquestionsandqueries.

8:00am–6:00pm Registration

Plenarysession,8:30–9:30am,OntarioBallroom

Chair:JamesP.LeSage,TexasStateUniversity‐SanMarcos,USAClusterEstimatorsinSpatialDataAnalysis.KeynotespeechTimothyG.Conley,UniversityofChicago,BoothSchoolofBusiness,USA

CoffeeBreak,9:30–10:00am,OntarioFoyer

SpatialEconometricSTARModels:LagrangeMultiplierTestsandMonteCarloSimulations.ValerienO.Pede,InternationalRiceResearchInstitute,Philippines,RaymondJ.G.M.Florax,PurdueUniversity,USA,DaytonLambert,UniversityofTennessee,USA,andMatthewT.Holt,PurdueUniversity,USA.

Session4.1,10:00am–12:00pm,OntarioASpatialEconometricTheoryIII

Session4.2,10:00am–12:00pm,OntarioBHealth,WelfareandHumanDevelopment

Chair:RafaelGarduño‐Rivera,UniversityofIllinois,USA

PovertyandIncomeTransfers:ASpatialSimultaneousEquationApproach.JohnMusuaUlimwengu,InternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute,USA,andP.WilnerJeanty,TheOhioStateUniversity,USA.

MedicalTechnologyandtheProductionofHealthCare.ElisaTosetti,UniversityofCambridge,UK,andFrancescoMoscone,BrunelUniversity,UK.

SpatialAnalysisonNeighborhoodObesity,BuiltEnvironment,andSocialCapital:LosAngelesCounty.YonglinAhn,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,USA,andJiYoungPark,SUNYBuffalo,USA.

SpaceandRace:DivergingInfantMortalityRatesintheUS.ElizabethDobisandBrigitteWaldorf,PurdueUniversity,USA.Chair:J.PaulElhorst,UniversityofGroningen,TheNetherlands

SpatialDependenceinRegressorsanditsEffectonEstimatorPerformance.R.KelleyPace,LouisianaStateUniversity,JamesP.LeSage,TexasStateUniversity‐SanMarcos,USA,andShuangZhu,LouisianaStateUniversity,USA.

TheEstimationofSpatialAutoregressiveModelswithMissingDataoftheDependentVariables.MatthiasKoch,InstitutfürWirtschafts‐geographie,Austria.

EmpiricalVersusExogenousSpatialWeightingMatrices:AnEntropy­BasedIntermediateSolution.EstebanFernández‐Vázquez,UniversityofOciedo,Spain.

Program,FridayAM Program,FridayPM

Session4.3,10:00am–12:00pm,OntarioCHousingandLandII

Chair:CarstenOchsen,UniversityofRostock,Germany

SelectionBiasinHedonicPricingModelsBasedonActualSalesValues.GeerteCotteleer,WageningenUniversity,TheNetherlands,andRaymondJ.G.M.Florax,PurdueUniversity,USA.

PriceIndicesacrosstheDistributionofSalesPrices:AMatchingApproach.DanielP.McMillen,UniversityofIllinois,USA.

EstimationofVarianceofHousingPricesUsingSpatialConditionalHeteroskedasticity.PradoshSimlai,UniversityofNorthDakota,USA,andAnilK.Bera,UniversityofIllinois,USA.

LunchBreak,12:00–1:30pmLunchMeetingKeynoteSpeakersandSEAFellows,Restaurant,byinvitationonly

Session5.1,1:30–3:30pm,OntarioASpatialPanelTheoryandApplicationsII

Chair:AlainPirotte,UniversitéPanthéon‐AssasParisII,France

FHA’sRoleinaMarketWithoutSubprime.DavidT.RoddaandLeonardCarlKiefer,FreddieMac,USA.

PoliticalRisk,BusinessClimateandFDIinDevelopingandTransitionCountries:EvidencefromPanelData.HadjilaKrifa‐Schneider,UniversitédeLille,France,andIulianaMatei,PanthéonSorbonneEconomie,France.

ASpatialEconometricModelofNetworkCoevolution.RobertJ.FranzeseJr.,UniversityofMichigan,USA,JudeC.HaysandAyaKachi,UniversityofIllinois,USA.

ANewLookatGrowthandConvergence:DynamicPanelwithSpilloverEffects.ShaojuanLiao,VirginiaTechUniversity,USA.

Session5.2,1:30–3:30pm,OntarioBDemographicsandRegionalEconomics

Chair:TimoMitze,RWIEssenandRuhrUniversität,Germany

IsThereanAgeCurve?CarstenOchsen,UniversityofRostock,Germany.

RegionalEconomicAnalysisofInternalMigrationinMexico.RafaelGarduño‐RiveraandKathyBaylis,UniversityofIllinois,USA.

ASpatialEconometricAnalysisofGlobalNaturalDisasters.ZahraGolshani,UniversityofIllinois,USA,andAliAsgary,YorkUniversity,Canada.

Program,FridayPM

Session5.3,1:30–3:30pm,OntarioCSpatialTestingandSoftwareTools

Chair:Xiaokun(Cara)Wang,BucknellUniversity,USA

SymbolicDynamicstoTestBasicHypothesesinEconometricModels.FernandoLópez,TechnicalUniversityofCartagena,Spain,MarianoMatilla‐García,UNED,Spain,andJesusMur,UniversityofZaragoza,Spain,andManuelRuizMarín,TechnicalUniversityofCartagena,Spain.

APracticalProposaltoSpecificationSearchwiththeSpatialJ­Test.LindaGerkman,HankenSchoolofEconomics,Finland.

Open­SourceSpatialAnalysisTools:ImpactonProfessionalPracticeinGovernment,BusinessandNon­profitOrganizations.FernandoDePaolis,MontereyInstituteofInternationalStudies,USA.

Session5.4,1:30–3:30pm,MichiganSpace,PricingandCompetition

Chair:JohnI.Carruthers,USDepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopment,USA

PricingwithAsymmetricCompetition:EvidencefromtheRetailGasolineMarket.MatthiasFirgo,WirtschaftsuniversitätWien,Austria,DieterPennerstorfer,AustrianInstituteofEconomicResearch,Austria,andChristophWeiss,WirtschaftsuniversitätWien,Austria.

DominantFirmsandtheCompetitiveFringe:ASpatialPriceAnalysis.C.GustavHelmers,RaymondJ.G.M.Florax,PurdueUniversity,USA,andGovertVroom,UniversityofNavarra,Spain.

ForcedDisplacementinColombia,TwoInteractingDynamics.JuanTomásSayago,UniversidadCentral,Colombia.

CoffeeBreak,3:30–4:00pm,OntarioFoyer

Program,FridayPM

Session6.1,4:00–6:00pm,OntarioASpatialEconometricTheoryIV

Chair:RobertJ.Franzese,Jr.,UniversityofMichigan,USA

TestingforCausalityinSpatialModels:Nonparametricvs.ParametricApproaches.MarcosHerrera,JesusMur,UniversityofZaragoza,Spain,JeanPaelinck,GeorgeMasonUniversity,USA,andManuelRuizMarín,TechnicalUniversityofCartagena,Spain.

SpecificationandEstimationoftheDynamicSpatialMultinomialProbitModel.Xiaokun(Cara)Wang,BucknellUniversity,USA,KaraM.Kockelman,UniversityofTexas,USA,andJasonD.Lemp,CambridgeSystematics,USA.

IndustryValueChainsandEconomicGrowthintheAppalachianRegion,2000to2007:AnExplorationwithSmoothTransitionAutoregressiveModels.DaytonM.Lambert,WanXu,UniversityofTennessee,USA,andRaymondJ.G.M.Florax,PurdueUniversity,USA.

Session6.2,4:00–6:00pm,OntarioBUrbanAnalysisII

Chair:ElisaTosetti,CambridgeUniversity,UK

Institutions,SpilloversandGrowthinaCrossSectionofCities:TheCaseofEuropeanMetropolises,1990to2005.CatherineBaumontandRachelGuillain,UniversitédeBourgogne,France.

ProcessesofEconomicOpenness,GrowthandUrbanConcentration:AreDevelopingCountriesDifferent?FernandoDePaolis,MontereyInstituteofInternationalStudies,USA.

ASpatialMultinomialAnalysisofLand­UseConversionattheRural­UrbanFringe.CarmenE.Carrión‐Flores,AlfonsoFlores‐LagunesandLediaGuci,UniversityofFlorida,USA

FarmlandAllocationAlongtheRural­UrbanGradient:TheImpactofUrbanGrowthorSprawl.BenoîtA.DelbecqandRaymondJ.G.M.Florax,PurdueUniversity,USA.

Program,FridayPM

Session6.3,4:00–6:00pm,OntarioCEconomicGrowthII

Chair:JuanTomásSayago,UniversidadCentral,Colombia

GlobalCointegrationintheAnalysisoftheGermanRegionalGrowth­Trade­FDINexus.TimoMitze,RWIEssenandRuhrUniversität,Germany.

AnApplicationoftheDisequilibriumAdjustmentFrameworktoSmallAreaForecastingandImpactAnalysis.JaeHongKimandGeoffreyJ.D.Hewings,UniversityofIllinois,USA.

AFrameworkforComparativeSpace­TimeAnalysis.XinyueYe,BowlingGreenStateUniversity,USA.

Program,FridayPM

Session6.4,4:00–6:00pm,MichiganKnowledgeDiffusionandSpillovers

Chair:StefanoMagrini,Ca’FoscariUniversityofVenice,Italy

TheSpatialDistributionofHumanCapital:CanitBeExplainedbyRegionalDifferencesinMarketAccess?BurhanCanKarahasanandEnriqueLópez‐Bazo,UniversityofBarcelona,Spain.

DidWelfareReformintheUSInduceaRacetotheBottominCashAssistancetothePoor?EvidenceUsingStates’WelfareExpendituresfrom1997to2006.LuzA.Saavedra,UniversityofSt.Thomas,USA.

LocallyLinearSpatialEstimationofEthanolDemandinMinnesota.HaykKhachatryan,EricJessup,andKennethCasavant,WashingtonStateUniversity,USA.

BusinessMeeting,6:00–7:00pmMeetingoftheBoardofFoundingFellows,St.ClairBoardroom,byinvitationonly

ConferenceDinner,7:00–9:00pmIncludesawardpresentationofthefirstandsecondprizesofthegraduatestudentpapercompetition

Program,SaturdayAM

Registration

Theregistrationdeskwillbeopenallday,startingfromhalfanhourbeforetheprogramcommences.Feelfreetoapproachthelocalorganizerswithallyourquestionsandqueries.

8:00am–12:00pm Registration

Plenarysession,8:30–9:30am,OntarioBallroom

Chair:DanielP.McMillen,UniversityofIllinois,USA

TeachingSpatialEconometrics:APanelDiscussionPanelists:GiuseppeArbia,UniversityofPescara,Italy,FernandoDePaolis,MontereyInstituteofInternationalStudies,USA,DonaldJ.Lacombe,WestVirginiaUniversity,USA,NicolasDebarsy,UniversityofNamur,Belgium.CoffeeBreak,9:30–10:00am,OntarioFoyer

Plenarysession,10:00am–12:00pm,OntarioBallroom

Chair:RaymondJ.G.M.Florax,PurdueUniversity,USA

SpatialAnalysisSoftware:Demonstrations

Packagesanddemonstrators:

MATLAB,SpatialEconometricsToolbox.JamesP.LeSage,TexasStateUniversityatSanMarcos,USA,andJ.PaulElhorst,UniversityofGroningen,TheNetherlands.

STATA.DavidDrukker,DirectorofEconometricsStataCorp.,USA.

R,spdep,sphetandsplm.RogerBivand,NorwegianSchoolofEconomicsandBusinessAdministration,Norway.

IndextoParticipants

Theindexreferstothefollowingabbreviations:PS PlenarySessionT TeachingSpatialEconometricsPanelSW SoftwareDemonstrationsLOC LocalOrganizingCommitteeBoD BoardofDirectorsSAB ScientificAdvisoryBoardGSC JuryGraduateStudentPaperCompetitionFEL FellowSpatialEconometricsAssociation

Ahn,Y. 4.2Allers,M.3.1Angulo,A.1.1Anselin,L.SAB,BoD,FELArbia,G.SAB,GSC,BoD,FEL,PS,1.2,2.1,TArtell,J.3.3Asgary,A.5.2Baltagi,B.SAB,BoD,FEL,3.4Bao,Y.LOC,1.1,2.1Baumont,C.6.2Baylis,K.5.2Belitski,M.2.2BenArfa,N.3.2Bera,A.SAB,GSC,FEL,PS,1.4,2.1,4.3Bester,C.1.1Bivand,R.SAB,SWBode,E.GSCCarrión‐Flores,C.6.2Carruthers,J.3.3,5.4Casavant,K.6.4Conley,T.GSC,1.1,PSCotteleer,G.3.3,4.4Cressie,N.FELDaniel,K.3.2DasGupta,D.1.1Dauth,W.1.2,2.3

Debarsy,N.1.4,3.4,TDelbecq,B.LOC,6.2DePaolis,F.1.3,5.3,6.2,TDobis,E.LOC,4.2Elhorst,P.3.1,4.1,SWEnriquez,H.3.2Espa,G.1.2Fernández‐Vázquez,E.4.1Fingleton,B.SAB,FELFirgo,M.1.2,5.4Florax,R.LOC,SAB,FEL,PS,1.3,2.4,4.1,4.3,5.4,6.1,6.2,SWFlores‐Lagunes,A.SAB,1.3,6.2Franzese,R.5.1,6.1Fricker,J.3.4Garduno‐Rivera,R.4.2,5.2Gerkman,L.5.3Gerolimetto,M.2.3Giuliani,D.1.2Golshani,Z.5.2Gori‐Maia,A.2.4Griffith,D.FELGuci,L.6.2Guillain,R.6.2Haining,R.FELHansen,C.1.1

Hays,J.5.1Helmers,G.LOC,5.4Hernández‐Murillo,R.1.4Herrera,M.6.1Hewings,G.6.3Holloway,G.3.1Holt,M.4.1Irwin,E.SABJacquet,F.3.2Jeanty,P.4.2Jessup,E.6.4Kachi,A.5.1Karahasan,B.6.4Kelejian,H.BoD,FELKelekar,U.1.1Khachatryan,H.6.4Kiefer,L.5.1Kim,J.6.3Klarl,T.1.2,3.2Koch,M.3.4,4.1Kockelman,K.6.1Kollmann,T.3.3,6.2Koppelman,F.2.2Krifa‐Schneider,H.5.1Lacombe,D.3.1,TLambert,D.SAB,4.1,6.1Lee,L.‐F.FELLemp,J.6.1LeGallo,J.SABLeSage,J.SAB,FEL,3.1,PS,4.1,SWLiao,S.5.1López,F.1.1,5.3López‐Bazo,E.SAB,6.4Lu,C.2.1,3.1Magrini,S.2.3,6.4Matei,I.5.1Matilla‐Garcia,M.5.3

McMillen,D.SAB,2.2,2.4,4.3,TMills,J.3.4Mitze,T.5.2,6.3Mohammadian,A.2.2Moscone,F.2.2,4.2Mur,J.GSC,FEL,1.1,5.3,6.1Murakami,D.1.4Ochsen,C.4.3,5.2Odhiambo,N.2.3Pace,K.4.1Paelinck,J.BoD,FEL,1.1,6.1Parent,O.2.1,3.1Park,J.4.2Pede,V.4.1Pellegrini,G.GSCPennerstorfer,D.5.4Pesaran,H.FPfaffermayr,M.SCPiras,G.2.1Pirotte,A.3.4,5.1Prucha,I.SAB,BoD,FELQuah,D.FRashidi,T.2.2Rey,S.FRobinson,P.BoD,FELRodda,D.5.1RuizMarín,M.5.3,6.1Saavedra,L.6.4Sage,J.2.2Sanyal,P.2.3Sayago,J.3.2,5.4,6.3Schanne,N.2.4Sen,M.1.4Sengupta,R.1.4Seya,H.3.1Shaughnessy,T.3.1Shepotylo,O.1.3

Simlai,P.4.3Snyder,S.2.4Tjostheim,D.FELTosetti,E.2.2,2.4,4.2Tsutsumi,M.1.4,3.1Ulimwengu,J.2.3,4.2Vogelsang,T.1.1Vroom,G.5.4Waldorf,B.LOC,4.2Wang,X.5.3,6.1Ward,P.LOC,1.3Weiss,C.5.4Wenz,M.3.2Xu,W.6.1Yang,Z.2.1Ye,X.6.3Zhu,S.4.1

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