- Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Coro Chasco
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Economía Aplicada, Faculty Member
- Coro Chasco is a Full Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). She earned her Ph.D. and graduated with ... moreCoro Chasco is a Full Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). She earned her Ph.D. and graduated with honors in Applied Economic Modelling at UAM. She is a Ambassador to Spain and Fellow of the Regional Studies Association (RSA), co-editor of the journal Spatial Economic Analysis and visiting scholar at the University of Chicago (2017), Adolfo Ibáñez University, Chile (2014), and the University of Illinois (2004), as well as visiting professor of the University of Franche-Comté, France (2013-2014). She directs the ECONRES research group at UAM, collaborates with Nebrija University, and works in spatial econometrics and spatial statistics with applications to regional inequalities, housing prices, environment, tourism, and quality of life.edit
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Abstract In this paper, we apply a hedonic housing price model to estimate the willingness to pay for less air pollution and noise in the city of Madrid. Using subjective data on the perception of air pollution and noise by the Madrid... more
Abstract In this paper, we apply a hedonic housing price model to estimate the willingness to pay for less air pollution and noise in the city of Madrid. Using subjective data on the perception of air pollution and noise by the Madrid residents, we apply a quantile conditionally parametric model that allows one to quantify the heterogeneity of this willingness to pay values across quantiles of the conditional distributions of housing prices and their spatial heterogeneity across the whole study area. The results show that implicit prices for clean and quiet environment differ substantially across the housing markets, depending on the perceived intensity of pollution, accessibility to jobs and leisure, and some socioeconomic characteristics of the population. In particular, in some areas, households seem to make a trade-off between improvements in communication and some worsening in environmental conditions.
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This study contributes to the debate on accessibility of higher education in Chile, focusing on both socioeconomic and geospatial dimensions of access to university study. The central question we address in this paper is the following:... more
This study contributes to the debate on accessibility of higher education in Chile, focusing on both socioeconomic and geospatial dimensions of access to university study. The central question we address in this paper is the following: Does geography (physical distance and neighborhood effects) play a significant role in determining accessibility of higher education in Chile? We use Heckman probit-type (Heckit) models to adjust for selection in the process of completing the trajectory towards higher education – that is, pre-selection, application to study at university, and ultimately admission (or denial) to a higher education institution. The results shows that the geospatial elements have a significant local effect on the student’s application and access to Chilean universities.
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This study contributes to the debate on accessibility of higher education in Chile, focusing on both socioeconomic and geospatial dimensions of access to university study. The central question we address in this paper is the following:... more
This study contributes to the debate on accessibility of higher education in Chile, focusing on both socioeconomic and geospatial dimensions of access to university study. The central question we address in this paper is the following: Does geography (physical distance and neighborhood effects) play a significant role in determining accessibility of higher education in Chile? We use Heckman probit-type (Heckit) models to adjust for selection in the process of completing the trajectory towards higher education – that is, pre-selection, application to study at university, and ultimately admission (or denial) to a higher education institution. The results shows that the geospatial elements have a significant local effect on the student’s application and access to Chilean universities.
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Dataset accompanying the publication "Equal opportunities to access the university in Chile? An application with a spatial Heckman probit model" (Mathematics, already submitted). This study contributes to the debate on... more
Dataset accompanying the publication "Equal opportunities to access the university in Chile? An application with a spatial Heckman probit model" (Mathematics, already submitted). This study contributes to the debate on accessibility of higher education in Chile, focusing on both socioeconomic and geospatial dimensions of access to university study. The central question we address in this paper is the following: Does geography (physical distance and neighborhood effects) play a significant role in determining accessibility of higher education in Chile? We use Heckman probit-type (Heckit) models to adjust for selection in the process of completing the trajectory towards higher education – that is, pre-selection, application to study at university, and ultimately admission (or denial) to a higher education institution. The results shows that the geospatial elements have a significant local effect on the student's application and access to Chilean universities.
The role of agricultural transport costs in core-periphery structures has habitually been ignored in New Economic Geography (NEG) models. This is due to the convention of treating the agricultural good as the numéraire, thus implying that... more
The role of agricultural transport costs in core-periphery structures has habitually been ignored in New Economic Geography (NEG) models. This is due to the convention of treating the agricultural good as the numéraire, thus implying that agricultural transportation costs are assumed to be zero in these models. For more than three decades, this has been the standard setting in spatial equilibrium analysis. The paper examines the effects of agricultural transport costs on the spatial organisation of regional structures in Peru. In doing so, the Krugman’s formulation of iceberg transport costs is modified to introduce the agricultural transport costs into the dynamic of the NEG models. We use exploratory spatial flow data analysis methods and non-spatial and spatial origin-destination flow models to explore how the regional spatial structure change when real transportation data for agricultural goods is included into the iceberg transport costs formulation. We show that agricultural t...
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We utilized all Spanish marriage records available at the municipality level from 2005-2007 to model spatial variations in intermarriage. We constructed a spatial regime zero inflated Poisson model and grouped-data probit model, with... more
We utilized all Spanish marriage records available at the municipality level from 2005-2007 to model spatial variations in intermarriage. We constructed a spatial regime zero inflated Poisson model and grouped-data probit model, with spatially lagged regressors, to predict the absolute and relative presence of intermarriage between Spaniards and migrants based on structural characteristics of the local marriage markets and their neighboring areas (i.e., relative group size, homogeneity of national origins, and sex ratio indicators). Our models do not assume collapsibility of the marriage market. Instead, they incorporate the local dimension of the marriage market and examine the association between intermarriage and structural variables at the spatial local level. The model also investigates intermarriage variation by size of place. The local characteristics of the marriage markets are robust indicators of both the absolute and relative importance of intermarriage, but their impact ...
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ABSTRACT This editorial summarizes the papers published in issue 17(1) (2022). This issue begins with a second editorial calling on researchers to publish replication results from previous studies. The first paper applies a spatiotemporal... more
ABSTRACT This editorial summarizes the papers published in issue 17(1) (2022). This issue begins with a second editorial calling on researchers to publish replication results from previous studies. The first paper applies a spatiotemporal Bayesian hierarchical model for understanding the dynamics of second home ownership in Corsica. The second paper determines the optimal time to invest in a new airport using real options analysis. The third paper employs unit root tests to provide empirical evidence that environmental policy changes have not been effective up to now. The fourth paper provides empirical evidence that regional spillover effects should play a crucial role in the policy discussion about climate change. The fifth paper forecasts the direct impact of climate change on crop yields in the agricultural sector and the indirect impacts on other sectors of the Brazilian economy up to 2100. The sixth paper investigates whether the percentage of women in national parliaments positively affects public expenditures on social needs both internally and in neighbouring countries. The seventh paper sets out a general framework for store sales evaluation and prediction.
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This study contributes to the debate on accessibility of higher education in Chile, with a special focus on the geospatial dimension of access to university studies. This paper addresses the central question of whether geography (physical... more
This study contributes to the debate on accessibility of higher education in Chile, with a special focus on the geospatial dimension of access to university studies. This paper addresses the central question of whether geography (physical distance and neighborhood effects) plays a significant role in determining the accessibility of higher education to students in Chile. We use Heckman probit-type (Heckit) models to adjust for selection during application for higher education—that is, pre-selection among applications to study at university and, ultimately, admission (or denial) to a higher educational institution. Of all high school graduates who took the university selection test (PSU), only 37.9% were able to attend higher education. The results show that the geospatial elements—neighborhood characteristics and distance from the city of Santiago—have a significant local effect on the student’s application and access to Chilean universities. Specifically, the most significant local...
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We evaluate the usefulness of the Scan approach in order to test for the presence of spatial groupwise heteroskedasticity in cross-sectional data. This approach has been used in different fields before, including spatial econometric... more
We evaluate the usefulness of the Scan approach in order to test for the presence of spatial groupwise heteroskedasticity in cross-sectional data. This approach has been used in different fields before, including spatial econometric models, but to detect instability in the mean values. In this paper, we extend its use to second order moments, searching for spatial clusters in the variance. Using large Monte Carlo simulations, we check the reliability of the Scan procedure to detect instabilities in the variance, the size and power of the test and its accuracy to find spatial clusters of observations with similar variances. JEL classification: C21, C52, C63, R15
This editorial summarizes the papers published in issue 16(3) (2021) in order to raise the bar in applied spatial economic research and highlight new trends and knowledge. The first paper analyses the economic consequences of the rise and... more
This editorial summarizes the papers published in issue 16(3) (2021) in order to raise the bar in applied spatial economic research and highlight new trends and knowledge. The first paper analyses the economic consequences of the rise and spread of the Covid-19 virus in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The second paper presents a multi-regional generalized RAS technique to update input–output tables. The third paper investigates which European Union regions are most likely to be exposed to external shocks and which are more resilient. The fourth paper proposes a new neighbourhood inequality index for cities. The fifth paper analyses productivity and profitability using a sophisticated hierarchical model applied to a huge data set of individual firms. The sixth paper contains an empirical analysis on the choice of the national capital city location among 80 potential candidates in China over a period of 2240 years. The seventh paper explains political ideology at the municipality le...
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This paper studies the existence of spatial diffusion of civil liberty among neighboring countries. For that purpose, we first combine different exploratory space-time data analysis approaches to find that this phenomenon is spatially... more
This paper studies the existence of spatial diffusion of civil liberty among neighboring countries. For that purpose, we first combine different exploratory space-time data analysis approaches to find that this phenomenon is spatially clustered and that a convergence process is at work among the world countries from 1985 to 2010, with a structural change by the end of the Twentieth century mainly due to the appearance of the Internet. Second, we specify a spatial autoregressive panel data model for a sample of 130 countries, for 1985–2000, and 172 countries, for 2000–2010. Results provide evidence for spatial diffusion of civil liberty, though it is not constant along this time span. The spreading rate is 0.34 in the first sub-period. After 2000, it reduces to 0.21; that is, countries only “catch” 21% of the average changes in their neighbors’ civil liberty levels. Additionally, religious culture, urban agglomeration and GDP explain the levels of civil liberties in the world. Articl...
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Since the introduction of the World Wide Web in the 1990s, available information for research purposes has increased exponentially, leading to a significant proliferation of research based on web-enabled data. Nowadays the use of... more
Since the introduction of the World Wide Web in the 1990s, available information for research purposes has increased exponentially, leading to a significant proliferation of research based on web-enabled data. Nowadays the use of internet-enabled databases, obtained by either primary data online surveys or secondary official and non-official registers, is common. However, information disposal varies depending on data category and country and specifically, the collection of microdata at low geographical level for urban analysis can be a challenge. The most common difficulties when working with secondary web-enabled data can be grouped into two categories: accessibility and availability problems. Accessibility problems are present when the data publication in the servers blocks or delays the download process, which becomes a tedious reiterative task that can produce errors in the construction of big databases. Availability problems usually arise when official agencies restrict access to the information for statistical confidentiality reasons. In order to overcome some of these problems, this paper presents different strategies based on URL parsing, PDF text extraction, and web scraping. A set of functions, which are available under a GPL-2 license, were built in an R package to specifically extract and organize databases at the municipality level (NUTS 5) in Spain for population, unemployment, vehicle fleet, and firm characteristics.
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Aware of the fact that the environment affects housing prices considerably, this paper proposes a Mixed Environmental Quality Index (MEQI) to be used in a hedonic framework. It has two main novelties. The first is the inclusion of... more
Aware of the fact that the environment affects housing prices considerably, this paper proposes a Mixed Environmental Quality Index (MEQI) to be used in a hedonic framework. It has two main novelties. The first is the inclusion of objective (including noise) and subjective variables. The second refers to methodology and proposes the DP2 Pena Distance as a better alternative to the more commonly used Principal Component Analysis to generate a global index. More specifically, this paper proposes a MEQI for the city of Madrid (Spain) considering the available measures of air quality (‘objective’) and other variables from the most recent population census (‘subjective’). Official data for quantitative variables such as sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, ground level ozone and noise collected in Madrid in January 2008 as well as the population perception of noise, pollution and absence of green areas from the census are used to gen...
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This article presents and discusses Yu’s (2010) Geographically Weighted Panel Regression (GWPR), which fills the gap between the literatures of cross-sectional GWR and panel data. The main originality of GWPR is that it allows studying... more
This article presents and discusses Yu’s (2010) Geographically Weighted Panel Regression (GWPR), which fills the gap between the literatures of cross-sectional GWR and panel data. The main originality of GWPR is that it allows studying potential spatial heterogeneity in models controlling for individual heterogeneity. Contrary to other GWR extensions, the information of the whole sample period is equally considered to obtain local panel estimates using weighted data for subsamples of the nearest locations. For the European regions, GWPR is illustrated with an exploratory analysis of local production functions with individual fixed effects.
This editorial summarises the papers published in issue 15.4 in order to raise the bar in applied spatial economic research and highlight new trends and knowledge. The first paper challenges the st...
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The aim of this study is to test the relationship between the functional benefit, symbolic benefit and affective evaluation as antecedent of the hedonic benefit and consequence of cognitive perception. The aim is to test the mediating... more
The aim of this study is to test the relationship between the functional benefit, symbolic benefit and affective evaluation as antecedent of the hedonic benefit and consequence of cognitive perception. The aim is to test the mediating effect of hedonic benefit as an antecedent of tourist satisfaction. This objective seeks to achieve, through a methodology which includes developing scales with a degree of content validity and analyze its psychometric properties. A survey of 750 people was conducted using a non-probability sampling based on quotas, in proportion to destinations visited in Chile. The results show a significant mediating effect on hedonic benefit on tourist satisfaction. The study provides the different stakeholders of the tourist destination with relevant decision making information relevant for tourism marketing in order to provide the desired satisfaction for the tourist.
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Urban areas are affected by high levels of air pollution and noise, usually generated by road traffic, industry and construction operations. The environmental and health consequences are important. For instance, according to the World... more
Urban areas are affected by high levels of air pollution and noise, usually generated by road traffic, industry and construction operations. The environmental and health consequences are important. For instance, according to the World Health Organization, almost 2.5 million people die each year from causes directly attributable to air pollution (WHO, 2006). Moreover, it has been suggested that more than 20% of the population of the European Union (EU) are exposed to important noise levels (European Commission, 1996). Consequently, both air and acoustic pollution constitute major concerns of city dwellers while “Air pollution” and “Urban problems, noise and odours” are two of the European Commission’s action fields (EEA, 2000).
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This editorial summarizes the papers published in issue 16(4) (2021). The first paper adopts a higher order spatial autoregressive model with endogenous spatial weight matrices. The second paper investigates the existence of the law of... more
This editorial summarizes the papers published in issue 16(4) (2021). The first paper adopts a higher order spatial autoregressive model with endogenous spatial weight matrices. The second paper investigates the existence of the law of one price using regional observations over time. The third paper develops an economic-theoretical model that goes against the common belief that the most productive individuals and firms agglomerate at the core. The fourth paper provides empirical evidence that merger and acquisition deals are more likely to occur between firms in culturally than in geographically contiguous countries. The fifth paper develops a spatial econometric estimator based on the indirect inference principle. The sixth paper examines the investment behaviour of First Nation governments through joint ventures. The seventh paper employs a spatial econometric model with an endogenous spatial weight matrix to construct intraregional input-output models.
The aim of this paper is to develop a spatial group-wise heteroskedasticity test based on the scan approach, specifically developed for spatial autocorrelation regression models (spatial lag and spatial error models): the “scan-LM test.”... more
The aim of this paper is to develop a spatial group-wise heteroskedasticity test based on the scan approach, specifically developed for spatial autocorrelation regression models (spatial lag and spatial error models): the “scan-LM test.” Based on the Lagrange multiplier (LM) principle, its main advantage lies in its comparative ease of implementation as it is not necessary to obtain the maximum likelihood estimations for the alternative hypothesis. Moreover, when rejecting the null hypothesis, this test identifies the shape and size of the spatial clusters with different residual variance, a feature which proves very useful for specification search of the regression model. Another important benefit of the scan-LM test is that it does not require the specification of a spatial weights matrix. An extensive Monte Carlo simulation confirms the good properties of the scan-LM test in terms of size and power. This test is also robust in the presence of non-normality and other forms of a spatial heteroskedasticity. We finally propose an application on housing prices in the agglomeration of Madrid for a specific submarket: the attics.
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ABSTRACT El e- learning es un nuevo concepto educativo que integra el uso de la tecnología y elementos didácticos, para lograr el diseño y evolución de cursos de capacitación y educación a distancia. Por tanto, el e- learning nace como... more
ABSTRACT El e- learning es un nuevo concepto educativo que integra el uso de la tecnología y elementos didácticos, para lograr el diseño y evolución de cursos de capacitación y educación a distancia. Por tanto, el e- learning nace como resultado de aplicar las nuevas tecnologías en el ámbito de la formación y el aprendizaje, tal y como ha sucedido en otros contextos (e-business, e-commerce, e-health, e- marketing, etc.). Pese a la cierta confusión que aún pesa sobre este concepto y su lenta implantación en el contexto educativo, el atractivo del aprendizaje electrónico para educadores y estudiantes es evidente. En España, la experiencia pionera de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, ha arrastrado a otras muchas universid ades hacia este campo emergente. En concreto, casi 30 universidades españolas disponen de alguna forma de e-learning, como campus virtual o formación on- line, lo que hace posible no sólo el apoyo de la clase presencial con aula virtual, sino también la impartición de cursos enteros y la expedición de títulos de licenciatura y/o postgrado a través de este sistema. En este trabajo, se realiza una revisión de los principales conceptos del e- learning y su presencia en la universidad, se presentan los elementos esenciales del aula virtual, tanto desde el punto de vista del alumno como del profesor, terminando con algunas soluciones de “software” para la enseñanza electrónica.
This paper focuses on civil liberty, which is defined as the individual right to make decisions without interference within a given vital space. It studies the principal factors conditioning civil liberty, one of them being the spatial... more
This paper focuses on civil liberty, which is defined as the individual right to make decisions without interference within a given vital space. It studies the principal factors conditioning civil liberty, one of them being the spatial contagion among neighboring countries. To this purpose, we employ the Civil Liberty Gastil index from Freedom House in a spatial autoregressive (SAR) model estimated from a sample of 175 countries for the year 2010. The results provide good evidence for spatial contagion (spillover effects) of civil liberty across the world. Countries “catch” around 30% of the average changes in their neighbors’ civil liberty levels. Additionally we have also identified religious culture and the Internet as other important variables explaining the differing levels of civil liberty among the world’s countries.
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This paper analyzes the spatial nature of entrepreneurship at NUTSIII. Lately, academic studies are including the relation between incipient entrepreneurs and geography. In some cases, this relation is considered as unidirectional insofar... more
This paper analyzes the spatial nature of entrepreneurship at NUTSIII. Lately, academic studies are including the relation between incipient entrepreneurs and geography. In some cases, this relation is considered as unidirectional insofar as the decision to become an entrepreneur can be highly influenced by geographical location. Beyond the cultural and social boundaries that affect the entrepreneur as an individual, there are spatial characteristics that provide advantages of location for some industries. While several studies highlight the role of location and geography as aspects that have an impact on entrepreneurial activity, the externalities generated by such aspects are not considered in empirical work. The aim of this paper is to check how avoiding considering location can have an effect on the results of entrepreneurship research. Our results point that both location and temporary effects have a significant impact on entrepreneurship research results. Thus, it is important...
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The purpose of this article is to analyze the simultaneity of spatial dependence in the first-order spatial autoregressive model, SAR(1). Spatial dependence can be not only contemporary but also time-lagged in many socio-economic... more
The purpose of this article is to analyze the simultaneity of spatial dependence in the first-order spatial autoregressive model, SAR(1). Spatial dependence can be not only contemporary but also time-lagged in many socio-economic phenomena. In this paper, we use three Moran-based spacetime autocorrelation statistics to evaluate if spatial dependence is a synchronic spatial effect. A simulation study and an application on the spatial distribution of three economic variables across Spain and Europe shed some light upon these issues. We show evidence of the capacity of these tests to identify the structure (only contemporary, only time-lagged or both contemporary and time-lagged) of spatial dependence in most cases. En este artículo, se analiza la instantaneidad de la dependencia espacial en el modelo autorregresivo espacial de primer orden, SAR(1). Son muchos los fenómenos socioeconómicos, en los que la dependencia espacial puede ser no sólo contemporánea, sino también retardada en el...
The aim of this study is to test the relationship between the functional benefit, symbolic benefit and affective evaluation as antecedent of the hedonic benefit and consequence of cognitive perception. The aim is to test the mediating... more
The aim of this study is to test the relationship between the functional benefit, symbolic benefit and affective evaluation as antecedent of the hedonic benefit and consequence of cognitive perception. The aim is to test the mediating effect of hedonic benefit as an antecedent of tourist satisfaction. This objective seeks to achieve through a methodology which includes developing scales with a degree of content validity and analyze its psychometric properties. A survey of 750 people was conducted using a non-probability sampling based on quotas in proportion to destinations visited in Chile. The results show a significant mediating effect on hedonic benefit on tourist satisfaction. The study provides the different stakeholders of the tourist destination with relevant decision making information relevant for tourism marketing in order to provide the desired satisfaction for the tourist.
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Este estudio pretende probar si la satisfacción obtenida por el turista, es consecuencia del beneficio funcional, hedónico y simbólico adquirido en el lugar. Y a su vez, probar si la satisfacción es un antecedente, para que el destino... more
Este estudio pretende probar si la satisfacción obtenida por el turista, es consecuencia del beneficio funcional, hedónico y simbólico adquirido en el lugar. Y a su vez, probar si la satisfacción es un antecedente, para que el destino turístico le sea más familiar. A través de un análisis factorial confirmatorio (AFC), se identificaron diferentes escalas que permitieran medir dichas relaciones. Se utilizó un muestreo no probabilístico con base en cuotas, en proporción a destinos turísticos visitados en chile. La relación entre la percepción de beneficios como antecedente de la satisfacción, puede ser muy importante para que el destino turístico sea percibido como más familiar que otros. Este estudio sugiere que la satisfacción cumple un rol mediador muy importante, entre la percepción de beneficios y la familiaridad del destino turístico. Las autoridades deberían considerar la triada de beneficios como base para establecer estrategias de marketing que, busquen potenciar la satisfacc...