AM-32 - Spatial autoregressive models

Learning Objectives: 
  • Explain Anselin’s typology of spatial autoregressive models
  • Demonstrate how the parameters of spatial auto-regressive models can be estimated using univariate and bivariate optimization algorithms for maximizing the likelihood function
  • Justify the choice of a particular spatial autoregressive model for a given application
  • Implement a maximum likelihood estimation procedure for determining key spatial econometric parameters
  • Apply spatial statistic software (e.g., GEODA) to create and estimate an autoregressive model
  • Conduct a spatial econometric analysis to test for spatial dependence in the residuals from least-squares models and spatial autoregressive models