Applications of the Expansion Method

1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EXPANSION METHOD AND TO ITS APPLICATIONS 2 THE DUAL EXPANSION METHOD: AN APPLICATION FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH ON DEVELOPMENT 3 PARADIGMATIC DIMENSIONS OF THE EXPANSION METHOD 4 A CONTEXTUAL EXPANSION OF THE WELFARE MODEL 5 A COMPARISON OF DRIFT ANALYSES AND THE EXPANSION METHOD: THE EVALUATION OF FEDERAL POLICIES ON THE SUPPLY OF PHYSICIANS 6 PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS IN MODELS OF MIGRATION DECISIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF DESTINATION CHOICE IN ECUADOR 7 ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF METROPOLITAN DECENTRALIZATION 8 LONG-WAVE SPATIAL AND ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT 9 AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITIES VIA EXPANDED RANK[1]SIZE FUNCTIONS 10 IDENTIFYING HIERARCHICAL DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN THE HUNGARIAN URBAN SYSTEM USING THE EXPANSION METHOD 11 AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SECTORAL LABOR SHARES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 12 PRODUCTION FUNCTION ESTIMATION AND THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE 13 INCORPORATING THE EXPANSION METHOD INTO REMOTE SENSING-BASED WATER QUALITY ANALYSES 14 INNOVATION DIFFUSION THEORY AND THE EXPANSION METHOD 15 SPATIAL DEPENDENCE AND SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY: MODEL SPECIFICATION ISSUES IN THE SPATIAL EXPANSION PARADIGM 16 GENERATING VARYING PARAMETER MODELS USING CUBIC SPLINE FUNCTIONS

Biography

John Paul Jones III is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of a number of articles and co-edited (with Janet E.Kodras) Geographic Dimensions of US Social Policy (Edward Arnold, 1990). Emilio Casetti is Professor of Geography at Ohio State University. He is editor of Geographical Analysis, and is the author of more than 100 articles.

`This edited volume by Jones and Casetti provides an excellent overview of an interesting and potentially useful methodology for social scientists...The book is a valuable contribution.' - Environment and Planning A