期刊名称：Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
印刷版ISSN：1689-765X
电子版ISSN：2353-3293
出版年度：2014
卷号：9
期号：3
页码：131-151
DOI：10.12775/EQUIL.2014.021
语种：English
出版社：Institute of Economic Research
摘要：The paper focuses on the issue of the aggregation problem, which is frequently discussed within spatial econometrics. The aggregation problem is one of the two aspects of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP). The aggregation problem is connected with the volatility of the obtained results occurred when various compositions of territorial units for the same aggregation scale were ap plied. The objective of the present paper is to consider the redefinition of aggrega_x005f?tion problem and showing positive solution of the aggregation problem based on the empirical example of determining agricultural macroregions. In the article the aggregation problem was defined as a problem of establishing a particular composition of territorial units at a selected aggregation scale in a such a way that is remains in the quasi composition of regions within the under?taken research problem. The paper also presented the procedure for determining agricultural macroregions where the analysis of the spatial volatility of the agrari?an structure and the current knowledge on the agriculture in Poland were applied.
关键词：spatial econometrics; modifiable areal unit problem; scale problem; aggregation problem
