Multivariate spatial regression models

  • Authors:
  • Dani Gamerman;Ajax R. B. Moreira

  • Affiliations:
  • Instituto de Matemática, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68530, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Multivariate Analysis
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

This paper describes the inference procedures required to perform Bayesian inference to some multivariate econometric models. These models have a spatial component built into commonly used multivariate models. In particular, the common component models are addressed and extended to accommodate for spatial dependence. Inference procedures are based on a variety of simulation-based schemes designed to obtain samples from the posterior distribution of model parameters. They are also used to provide a basis to forecast new observations.