• On Misspecification of Spatial Weight Matrix for Small Area Estimation in Longitudinal Analysis 

  Żądło, Tomasz (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  The problem of prediction of subpopulation (domain) total is studied as in Rao (2003). Considerations are based on spatially correlated longitudinal data. The domain of interest can be defined after sample selection what ...

• Multicountry and Regional Macroeconometric Models 

  Welfe, Władysław (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  Multicountry models were developed in the previous century to serve the analyses and projections of the world economy and/or its regions (for instance Latin America). They distinguish the largest countries and the rest of ...

• Comparative Analysis of the Level of Knowledge-Based Part of Economies in European Union Countries with Kam Methodology 

  Strożek, Piotr (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  The purpose of this article is to identify disparities in the use of knowledge in socio-economic life in the EU countries. This research was conducted with use of the cluster analysis (tools belonging to multidimensional ...

• Land Management of the Areas of High Landscape Values: An Economic Model 

  Wańkowicz, Wiesław (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  This paper presents selected results of the research entitled Planning the Space of High Landscape Values, Using Digital Land Analysis, with Economic Appraisal, supervised by Dr. Paweł Ozimek, Cracow Technical University, ...

• Spatial Quantile Regression 

  Trzpiot, Grażyna (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  In a number of applications, a crucial problem consists in describing and analyzing the influence of a vector Xi of covariates on some real-valued response variable Yi. In the present context, where the observations are ...

• European Regional Space Classification Regarding Smart Growth Level 

  Markowska, Małgorzata; Strahl, Danuta (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  The paper presented classification results including European regional space positional statistics regarding advancement and smart growth level in NUTS 2 regions. Regional smart growth covers three pillars: innovation, ...

• Measuring Cost Efficiency Of Ukrainian Banks In 2008 

  Pilyavskyy, Anatoliy; Matsiv, Yuriy; Vovchak, Olga (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  The paper presents the results of a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) of cost-efficiency of Ukrainian banks. As of lack of data on the personnel costs, we had to set limits to the year of 2008 only. To modeling banking ...

• Smart Specialization of Workforce Structure in the European Union Countries – Dynamic Analysis Applying Shift-Share Analysis Method 

  Sobczak, Elżbieta (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  The performed research also allowed for the identification different kinds of workforce structure characterized by smart specialization (significant share of workforce in high-tech manufacturing sector or high-tech services ...

• Spatially Integrated Social Research and Official Statistics: Methodological Remarks and Empirical Results on Local Development 

  Okrasa, Włodzimierz (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  This paper aims to elucidate some aspects of confluence of thedevelopments in modern methods of spatial analysis and in the public statistics’data generating processes, along with empirical illustration of theseinterconnections ...

• Dynamics of Change in Spatial Dependencies in Blood Donation System in Poland 

  Ojrzyńska, Anna; Twaróg, Sebastian (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  Blood donation allows to obtain blood and its components from healthy people in a bid to help treatment of anonymous individuals, relying on timely and sufficient supplies of matching blood. Being a social initiative, it ...

• Spatial Analysis of the Labour Market by Using Econometric Tools. The Case of Lower Silesia Region (Dolnośląskie Voivodship) 

  Litwińska, Elżbieta (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  This paper presents the application of econometric techniques to examinethe labour market in Lower Silesia. First the analysis was performed on a dataset for variables connected with labour market recorded in poviats (NUTS ...

• The Analysis of the Life Expectancy and the Selected Causes of Deaths in Poland with the Use of Spatial Statistics Methods 

  Mielecka-Kubień, Zofia (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  The goal of the presented research was to test the spatial autocorrelation of the life expectancy and the age-standardized mortality rates for selected causes of death in Poland according to gender in 2010. It was assumed ...

• Prolific Inventor Productivity and Mobility: A Western/Asian com-parison. Evidence from US Patent Data for 12 Countries 

  Le Bas, Christian; Latham, William; Volodin, Dmitry (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  This paper provides new insights into the role of individual inventors inthe innovation process. Individuals are central in this creative process becauseinnovation is not simply a product of firms and organizations; it ...

• Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Unemployment Rate in Poland 

  Lewandowska-Gwarda, Karolina (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  The aim of this paper is to present results of spatio-temporal analysis of unemployment rate in Poland, with the usage of advanced spatial econometric methods. The analysis was done on data collected for ‘powiat’ level ...

• Transport Availability vs. Development of Poland’S Regions 

  Kusideł, Ewa; Górniak, Joanna (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  The article discusses the issue of transport availability, taking into account road and rail infrastructure, as compared with socio-economic development in specific regions of Poland. The issue is studied from the theoretical ...

• Selected Challenges From Spatial Statistics For Spatial Econometricians 

  Griffith, Daniel A. (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  Griffith and Paelinck (2011) present selected non-standard spatial statistics and spatial econometrics topics that address issues associated with spatial econometric methodology. This paper addresses the following challenges ...

• Determinants for Spatial Location of Pharmacies 

  Jewczak, Maciej (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  The article aims to reveal the spatial dependence for the pharmaceutical market on the example of pharmacies in poviat districts of Poland. An attempt is made to assess the prevalence of spatial dependence between the ...

• Exploring Social Exclusion in the European Union, a Quantitative Approach 

  Gavuliak, Roman (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  Social exclusion is a widely debated issue. Its definitions and perceptions vary. Within the paper we identify the underlying factors of social exclusion within the EUfor years 2005-2009 through the use of factor analysis. ...

• Skilled Personnel Supply and the Prospects for Regional Innovative Development in Poland 

  Gajdos, Artur; Żmurkow, Edyta (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  The aim of this paper is to analyze the supply of highly qualified personnel in the context of prospects for the future innovative development of voivodships in Poland. Analysis of these problems and the relationship between ...

• Analysis of Tourism Service Quality in Kołobrzeg Region by Means of Time Series Models 

  Dłubakowska-Puzio, Ewa K.; Karpuk, Michał; Puzio, Kamil (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013-03-08)

  The undertaken study shows that methods that take into account time series can be successfully used in analysis of parameters of tourist comfort and in evaluation of hotel services.

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