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Regional Research Frontiers - Vol. 2

Methodological Advances, Regional Systems Modeling and Open Sciences

  • Identifies methodological advances as well as trends and future developments in regional systems modelling and open science
  • Covers research areas such as interindustry modelling, computable general equilibrium models, exploratory spatial data analysis, geographic information science, spatial econometrics
  • Builds on recent methodological and modelling advances, as well as on extensive policy-analysis experience

Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Regional Systems Modeling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Dynamic Econometric Input-Output Modeling: New Perspectives

      • Kurt Kratena, Umed Temursho
      Pages 3-21
    3. Unraveling the Household Heterogeneity in Regional Economic Models: Some Important Challenges

      • Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, Sang Gyoo Yoon, Seryoung Park, Tae-Jeong Kim, Kijin Kim, Kurt Kratena
      Pages 23-47
    4. Computable General Equilibrium Modelling in Regional Science

      • Grant J. Allan, Patrizio Lecca, Peter G. McGregor, Stuart G. McIntyre, J. Kim Swales
      Pages 59-78
    5. Potentials and Prospects for Micro–Macro Modelling in Regional Science

      • Eveline van Leeuwen, Graham Clarke, Kristinn Hermannsson, Kim Swales
      Pages 105-123
  3. Spatial Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
    2. At the Frontier Between Local and Global Interactions in Regional Sciences

      • Gary Cornwall, Changjoo Kim, Olivier Parent
      Pages 141-149
    3. Hierarchical Spatial Econometric Models in Regional Science

      • Donald J. Lacombe, Stuart G. McIntyre
      Pages 151-167
    4. GIS in Regional Research

      • Alan T. Murray
      Pages 169-180
    5. Location Analysis: Developments on the Horizon

      • Daoqin Tong, Alan T. Murray
      Pages 193-208
    6. Structural Decomposition and Shift-Share Analyses: Let the Parallels Converge

      • Michael L. Lahr, Erik Dietzenbacher
      Pages 209-220
    7. A Synthesis of Spatial Models for Multivariate Count Responses

      • Yiyi Wang, Kara Kockelman, Amir Jamali
      Pages 221-237
    8. Modeling of Infectious Diseases: A Core Research Topic for the Next Hundred Years

      • I Gede Nyoman Mindra Jaya, Henk Folmer, Budi Nurani Ruchjana, Farah Kristiani, Yudhie Andriyana
      Pages 239-255
  4. Open Source and Open Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
    2. Object Orientation, Open Regional Science, and Cumulative Knowledge Building

      • Randall Jackson, Sergio Rey, Péter Járosi
      Pages 259-282

About this book

This is the second volume in a two-part series on frontiers in regional research. It identifies methodological advances as well as trends and future developments in regional systems modelling and open science. Building on recent methodological and modelling advances, as well as on extensive policy-analysis experience, top international regional scientists identify and evaluate emerging new conceptual and methodological trends and directions in regional research. Topics such as dynamic interindustry modelling, computable general equilibrium models, exploratory spatial data analysis, geographic information science, spatial econometrics and other advanced methods are the central focus of this book. The volume provides insights into the latest developments in object orientation, open source, and workflow systems, all in support of open science. It will appeal to a wide readership, from regional scientists and economists to geographers, quantitatively oriented regional planners and other related disciplines. It offers a source of relevant information for academic researchers and policy analysts in government, and is also suitable for advanced teaching courses on regional and spatial science, economics and political science. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

    Randall Jackson

  • Division of Resource Economics and Management, Faculty Research Associate, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

    Peter Schaeffer

About the editors

Dr. Randall Jackson joined the West Virginia University faculty as Regional Research Institute Director and Professor of Geology and Geography in January 2002. Previous appointments include the geography department and the Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University and the geography department at The Ohio State University. While at OSU, he also served two years as Associate Director for Research Computing. He is Adjunct Professor in Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics at WVU, and in Geography at The Ohio State University. He is a past-president and Fellow of the Southern Regional Science Association, and sits on the Board of Directors for the Western Regional Science Association. He was 2007 Chair of the North American Regional Science Council, and he has received the David E. Boyce Award for Distinguished Service to the Regional Science Association International, having served as its Newsletter Editor and established and maintained itsprimary Internet website. He has received the Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award, West Virginia University’s highest research and scholarship recognition.

Dr. Peter Schaeffer is Professor of Regional Economics and Public Policy at West Virginia University and a Faculty Research Associate in the Regional Research Institute. He has previously served on the faculties of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Colorado at Denver, as a visiting professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, and a visiting scholar at the International Labor Organization in Geneva. He has consulted on regional economic development in North America, Europe, and the People’s Republic of China. Dr. Schaeffer is a past chair of the North American Regional Science Council and past-president of the Southern Regional Science Association. He obtained a licentiate in economics from the University of Zurich and the M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Southern California. 

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