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Good neighbours matter: economic geography and the diffusion of human rights
journal contribution
posted on 2017-11-17, 13:50 authored by Huw EdwardsHuw Edwards, David Kernohan, Todd Landman, Azizun NessaWe investigate the geo-political and economic aspects of human rights (HR) performance using multi-country panel data. HR performance depends on relative levels of economic development and spatial proximity
to ‘good’ and ‘bad’ neighbours. We test for basic effects of income, and apply spatial weighting models, to analyse the neighbours’ impact on HR levels, treating this impact as partly endogenous. We take into account size
and distance, to compare each country’s HR performance with what would be predicted from a weighted average of its neighbours’ performance. There are (a) geographical clusters and (b) size and proximity effects for
HR performance.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Economics
Published in
Spatial Economic AnalysisCitation
EDWARDS, T.H. ...et al., 2017. Good neighbours matter: economic geography and the diffusion of human rights. Spatial Economic Analysis, 13 (3), pp.319-337.Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge) © Regional Studies AssociationVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Spatial Economic Analysis on 21 February 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17421772.2018.1412087.Acceptance date
2017-10-02Publication date
2018-02-21ISSN
1742-1772Publisher version
Language
- en