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October 2008 CWP29/08
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Large-sample inference on spatial dependence
Type: cemmap Working Papers
Authors: Peter Robinson
Now published in: Econometrics Journal [Details]

We consider cross-sectional data that exhibit no spatial correlation, but are feared to be spatially dependent. We demonstrate that a spatial version of the stochastic volatility model of financial econometrics, entailing a form of spatial autoregression, can explain such behaviour. The parameters are estimated by pseudo Gaussian maximum likelihood based on log-transformed squares, and consistency and asymptotic normality are established. Asymptotically valid tests for spatial independence are developed.

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