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The spatial aggregation problem – also termed the modifiable areal unit problem – has attracted regular attention in spatial statistics and econometrics. In this study econometric aggregation analysis is used to investigate the formal composition of meso-areal parameters given micro-areal underlying relations with spatial dependence. Impact on stochastic terms (possible meso-areal spatial autocorrelation) is also studied. Finally consequences for meso-areal estimation are derived, the general finding having been that spatial aggregation leads to meso-region specific parameter values, with the estimation problems this implies.
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Paelinck, J. On aggregation in spatial econometric modelling. J Geograph Syst 2, 157–165 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00011452
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00011452