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spMorph: An exploratory space‐time analysis tool for describing processes of spatial redistribution
Author(s) -
Duque Juan C.,
Ye Xinyue,
Folch David C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/pirs.12088
Subject(s) - redistribution (election) , unemployment , economics , econometrics , exploratory analysis , shock (circulatory) , macroeconomics , computer science , political science , law , medicine , data science , politics
Abstract This paper introduces an exploratory space‐time analysis tool for determining the two components of a spatial redistribution process: ( i ) the shock, which is the moment that triggers a spatial redistribution process; for example, a new policy, a war, an earthquake, etc.; and ( ii ) the duration of the regime fade, which is the time between the shock and the moment in which a new regime emerges as a better representation of the spatial distribution of the attribute. Two examples are provided: the first uses C hina's provincial per capita GDP between 1978 and 2008, and the second uses state level housing price and unemployment rate data for the US between 2002 and 2012.