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Bayesian Spatial Error Model

The Bayesian Spatial Error Model (Bayesian SEM) estimates a regression in which spatially correlated disturbances are explicitly modelled through a spatial weights matrix, while all parameters — regression coefficients, spatial error autocorrelation, and error variance — receive full posterior distributions via Bayesian inference rather than point estimates.

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Sources

  1. LeSage, J. P., & Pace, R. K. (2009). Introduction to Spatial Econometrics. CRC Press / Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 978-1420064247
  2. Anselin, L. (1988). Spatial Econometrics: Methods and Models. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN: 978-9024737291

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