Under the hood Issues in the specification and interpretation of spatial regression models
这篇综述梳理了在应用计量经济学中引入空间视角时遇到的概念问题，包括为何加入空间效应、不同模型设定的假设与局限，以及推断框架，对从事空间数据分析的经济学、统计学研究者有参考价值。
This paper reviews a number of conceptual issues pertaining to the implementation of an explicit “spatial” perspective in applied econometrics. It provides an overview of the motivation for including spatial effects in regression models, both from a theory-driven as well as from a data-driven perspective. Considerable attention is paid to the inferential framework necessary to carry out estimation and testing and the different assumptions, constraints and implications embedded in the various specifications available in the literature. The review combines insights from the traditional spatial econometrics literature as well as from geostatistics, biostatistics and medical image analysis.