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Comparison coefficients from OLS and Spatial lag model

2 messages · David Marguerit, Roger Bivand

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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, David Marguerit wrote:

            
Yes, but the models are different. You may compare spatial error 
coefficients with linear model coefficients, but not spatial lag mode 
coefficients (see LeSage & Pace 2009).

Your response is constructed in a really wierd way, you are trying to 
account for the distance between individuals and polluting industry. The 
autocorrelation is of course being created by you, when you define the 
response in this way. In addition, the distances are not going to change 
if you change the explanatory variables. I think that your model should be 
reconsidered completely, with distance to polluting industry as an 
explanatory variable, but I don't know what your response would be.

You simply cannot model in this way, look at what Waller & Gotway (2004) 
do, as for example in spdep in ?NY_data.

Hope this clarifies,

Roger