A CONDITIONALLY PARAMETRIC PROBIT MODEL OF MICRODATA LAND USE IN CHICAGO

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

E-ISSN: 1467-9787|55|3|391-415

ISSN: 0022-4146

Source: JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE, Vol.55, Iss.3, 2015-06, pp. : 391-415

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Abstract

ABSTRACTSpatial data sets pose challenges for discrete choice models because the data are unlikely to be independently and identically distributed. A conditionally parametric spatial probit model is amenable to very large data sets while imposing far less structure on the data than conventional parametric models. We illustrate the approach using data on 474,170 individual lots in the City of Chicago. The results suggest that simple functional forms are not appropriate for explaining the spatial variation in residential land use across the entire city.