1 Econometrics for Spatial Models: Recent Advances.- I. Specification, Testing and Estimation.- 2 The Performance of Diagnostic Tests for Spatial Dependence in Linear Regression Models: A Meta-Analysis of Simulation Studies.- 3 Moran-Flavored Tests with Nuisance Parameters: Examples.- 4 The Influence of Spatially Correlated Heteroskedasticity on Tests for Spatial Correlation.- 5 A Taxonomy of Spatial Econometric Models for Simultaneous Equations Systems.- 6 Exploring Spatial Data Analysis Techniques Using R: The Case of Observations with No Neighbors.- II. Discrete Choice and Bayesian Approaches.- 7 Techniques for Estimating Spatially Dependent Discrete Choice Models.- 8 Probit in a Spatial Context: A Monte Carlo Analysis.- 9 Simultaneous Spatial and Functional Form Transformations.- 10 Locally Weighted Maximum Likelihood Estimation: Monte Carlo Evidence and an Application.- 11 A Family of Geographically Weighted Regression Models.- III. Spatial Externalities.- 12 Hedonic Price Functions and Spatial Dependence: Implications for the Demand for Urban Air Quality.- 13 Prediction in the Panel Data Model with Spatial Correlation.- 14 External Effects and Cost of Production.- IV. Urban Growth and Agglomeration Economies.- 15 Identifying Urban-Rural Linkages: Tests for Spatial Effects in the Carlino-Mills Model.- 16 Economic Geography and the Spatial Evolution of Wages in the United States.- 17 Endogenous Spatial Externalities: Empirical Evidence and Implications for the Evolution of Exurban Residential Land Use Patterns.- V. Trade and Economic Growth.- 18 Does Trade Liberalization Cause a Race-to-the-Bottom in Environmental Policies? A Spatial Econometric Analysis.- 19 Regional Economic Growth and Convergence: Insights from a Spatial Econometric Perspective.- 20 Growth and Externalities Across Economies: An Empirical Analysis Using Spatial Econometrics.- References.- Author Index.- List of Contributors.