Sarafoglou, N; Paelinck, JHP. 2008. On diffusion of ideas in the academic world: the case of spatial econometrics. ANNALS OF REGIONAL SCIENCE 42 (2): 487-500

[Eugene Garfield]

Sarafoglou, N; Paelinck, JHP. 2008. On diffusion of ideas in the academic world: 
the case of spatial econometrics. ANNALS OF REGIONAL SCIENCE 42 (2): 487-
500.

Author Full Name(s): Sarafoglou, Nikias; Paelinck, Jean H. P.
Language: English
Document Type: Article

KeyWords Plus: PARTIAL-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DATA ENVELOPMENT 
ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MODELS; SWEDEN

Abstract: Spatial econometrics is a fast-growing field in the series of 
quantitative disciplines, auxiliaries of economics and related social sciences. 
Space, friction, interdependence, spatio-temporal components, externalities 
and many other aspects interact and should be treated adequately in this field. 
The publication of the Paelinck and Klaassen book in the late 1970s generated 
virtually the field spatial econometrics. This article studies the diffusion of 
spatial econometrics, through experienced history on the one hand, on the 
other through bibliometric methods. Although this field was an "Invisible College" 
up to 2006 (absence of any organization in form of association, conference, 
journal, etc.), the databases depict a fast diffusion in the past and strong 
prospects for the future.

Addresses: [Sarafoglou, Nikias; Paelinck, Jean H. P.] George Mason Univ, Sch 
Publ Policy, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA

Reprint Address: Sarafoglou, N, George Mason Univ, Sch Publ Policy, Fairfax, VA 
22030 USA.
E-mail Address: nsarafog at gmu.edu

ISSN: 0570-1864
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-007-0162-2
URL Full Text: http://www.springerlink.com/content/qqx22r25387v3711/