SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND DISTANCE‐DECAY PARAMETERS

ABSTRACT There has been much recent controversy concerning the interpretation of distance‐decay parameters estimated from gravity models. A relationship between spatial structure and estimated distance‐decay parameters has been posited. Empirical evidence is given here for such a relationship and theories attempting to explain the dependence of parameter estimates upon spatial structure are examined. These theories are shown to be weak and directions for future research are given.

• Publication year

  1981

• Venue

  Annals of the Association of American Geographers

• Publication date

  1981-09-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Mathematics

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1467-8306.1981.TB01367.X
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