000069787 001__ 69787 000069787 005__ 20190104104033.0 000069787 0248_ $$2sideral$$a104985 000069787 037__ $$aART-2018-104985 000069787 041__ $$aeng 000069787 100__ $$aPaelinck, J.H.P. 000069787 245__ $$aSome Issues on the Concept of Causality in Spatial Econometric Models 000069787 260__ $$c2018 000069787 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000069787 5203_ $$aA specific feature of spatial econometric models is the simultaneity of the relations, which complicates the distinction between causes and effects. However, the notion of cause is of paramount importance in any specification. In fact, a model is a statement pointing that a variable, called endogenous, reacts to the variables that appear in the right hand side, the regressors. Our impression is that this problem has been scarcely treated in the Spatial Econometrics literature. The content of the paper focuses on questions related to the specification procedure for spatial models. We examine what may be called the ''current traditional practice'' and discuss the role that the concepts of identification and causality should play. Our purpose is to claim for the development of clear econometric guidelines to help the users to improve the theoretical foundations of their specifications. An application to the relation between per capita income and weight of the agricultural sector in the Spanish provinces illustrates our discussion. 000069787 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO-2015-65758-P 000069787 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000069787 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000069787 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7384-9166$$aMur, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000069787 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000069787 773__ $$g36, 1 (2018), 107-118$$pEstud. econ. apl.$$tEstudios de economía aplicada$$x1133-3197 000069787 85641 $$uhttp://www.ub.edu/sea2009.com/Papers/32.pdf$$zTexto completo de la revista 000069787 8564_ $$s185079$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/69787/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000069787 8564_ $$s54175$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/69787/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000069787 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:69787$$particulos$$pdriver 000069787 951__ $$a2019-01-04-10:40:11 000069787 980__ $$aARTICLE