TY - JOUR 
A1 - Lauridsen, Jørgen
AU - Bech, Mickael
AU - López Hernández, Fernando Antonio
AU - Mate Sánchez-Val, María Luz
T1 - Spatial dynamics of public pharmaceutical expenditure
Y1 - 2007
SN - 2152-372X
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10317/3139
AB - A regression model for per capita public pharmaceutical expenditure is analyzed. The necessity of simultaneously controlling for dynamic patterns and spatial spillover in such analyses is demonstrated. In contrast to previous studies of impact of small-area variation, the present study exploits important aspects related to spatial dynamics as the effects of spatial spillover are analyzed and interpreted within a framework of spatial dynamics and spatial error-correction. It is shown that such dynamics bear important implications related to spatial convergence of a pharmaceutical market. The paper is accessible to an audience experienced with linear regression; basic exposure to spatial statistics is helpful but not strictly necessary.
KW - Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y la Empresa
KW - Pharmaceutical expenditure
KW - Spatial spillover
KW - Spatial dynamics
KW - Spanish provinces
LA - eng
PB - The Case Studies in Business, Industry and Government Statistics
ER -