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Modifiable Areal Unit Problem: the issue of determining the relationship between microparameters and a macroparameter

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  • Micha³ Bernard Pietrzak

    (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland)

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Research background: One of the issues considered by economists such as Tinbergen (1939), Klein (1946), May, (1946), Theil (1965), Paw³owski (1969), Bo³t et al. (1985) was to determine the mechanism of transition between the results of microeconomics and the theory of macroeconomics. As part of this research, Paw³owski (1969) raised the problem of establishing the relationship between microparameters and a macroparameter. In the presented article, Paw³owski's problem was expanded to include spatial economic research, where micro-dependencies and spatial macro-dependencies were analysed. Purpose of the article: The purpose of the article is to establish the relationship between the microparameters set for SGM agricultural macroregions and the macroparameter referring to the whole area of Poland, where the parameters describe the economic dependencies regarding the impact of the size of farms in established region on their technical equipment. In the study, the economic relationships analysed in the case of individual SGM agricultural macroregions were defined as spatial micro-dependencies, and in the case of the entire area of Poland as spatial macro-dependencies. Methods: The methodological part of the article describes the concepts of Modifiable Areal Unit Problem, causal homogeneity of spatial data, homogeneous system of sets of areal units, area and sub-areas of conclusions. The concepts of micro-dependencies and spatial macro-dependencies are presented. Basic equations allowing to determine the evaluation of the spatial macroparameter as a linear combination of spatial microparameters were also presented. Findings & Value added: In the first stage of the study, spatial micro-dependencies were identified for subsequent SGM agricultural macroregions. In the second stage of the study, the relationship between spatial microparameters for single macroregions and the spatial macroparameter for Poland was determined. Establishing the relationship allowed to determine the macroparameter estimate for the whole area of Poland.

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  • Micha³ Bernard Pietrzak, 2019. "Modifiable Areal Unit Problem: the issue of determining the relationship between microparameters and a macroparameter," Oeconomia Copernicana, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 10(3), pages 393-417, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:pes:ieroec:v:10:y:2019:i:3:p:393-417
    DOI: 10.24136/oc.2019.019
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    Keywords

    Modifiable Areal Unit Problem; microparameter; macroparameter; micro-dependencies; macro-dependencies;
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    JEL classification:

    • C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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