REAT-package: Regional Economic Analysis Toolbox

In REAT: Regional Economic Analysis Toolbox

Description

In regional and urban economics and economic geography, very frequent research fields are the existence and evolution of agglomerations due to (internal and external) agglomeration economies, regional economic growth and regional disparities, where these concepts and relationships are closely related to each other (Capello/Nijkamp 2009, Dinc 2015, Farhauer/Kroell 2013, McCann/van Oort 2009). Also accessibility and spatial interaction modeling is mostly regarded as related to these disciplines (Aoyama et al. 2011, Guessefeldt 1999). The group of the related analysis methods is sometimes summarized by the term regional analysis or regional economic analysis (Dinc 2015, Guessefeldt 1999, Isard 1960).

This package contains a collection of models and analysis methods used in regional and urban economics and (quantitative) economic geography. The functions in this package can be divided into seven groups:

(1) Inequality, concentration and dispersion, including Gini coefficient, Lorenz curve, Herfindahl-Hirschman-coefficient, Theil coefficient, Hoover coefficient and (weighted) coefficient of variation

(2) Specialization of regions and spatial concentration of industries, including location quotient, spatial Gini coefficients for regional specialization and industry concentration and Krugman coefficients for regional specialization and industry concentration

(3) Regional disparities and regional convergence, especially analysis of beta and sigma convergence for cross-sectional data

(4) Regional growth, including portfolio matrix, several types of shift-share analysis and commercial area prognosis ("GIFPRO")

(5) Spatial interaction and accessibility models, including Huff model and Hansen accessibility

(6) Proximity analysis, including calculation of distance matrices and buffers

(7) Additional tools for data preparation und visualization, such as for creating dummy variables and calculating standardized regression coefficients. The package also contains data examples.

Author(s)

Thomas Wieland

Maintainer: Thomas Wieland [e-mail]

References

Aoyama, Y./Murphy, J. T./Hanson, S. (2011): “Key Concepts in Economic Geography”. London: SAGE.

Capello, R./Nijkamp, P. (2009): “Introduction: regional growth and development theories in the twenty-first century - recent theoretical advances and future challenges”. In: Capello, R./Nijkamp, P. (eds.): Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories. Cheltenham: Elgar. p. 1-16.

Dinc, M. (2015): “Introduction to Regional Economic Development. Major Theories and Basic Analytical Tools”. Cheltenham: Elgar.

Farhauer, O./Kroell, A. (2013): “Standorttheorien: Regional- und Stadtoekonomik in Theorie und Praxis”. Wiesbaden: Springer.

Guessefeldt, J. (1999): “Regionalanalyse”. Muenchen: Oldenbourg.

Isard, W. (1960): “Methods of Regional Analysis: an Introduction to Regional Science”. Cambridge: M.I.T. Press.

McCann, P./van Oort, F. (2009): “Theories of agglomeration and regional economic growth: a historical review”. In: Capello, R./Nijkamp, P. (eds.): Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories. Cheltenham: Elgar. p. 19-32.

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