Good neighbours matter: economic geography and the diffusion of human rights

Edwards, T. Huw; Kernohan, David; Landman, Todd; Nessa, Azizun

Abstract

© 2018, © 2018 Regional Studies Association. Using multi-country panel data, this paper investigates the geopolitical and economic aspects of human rights performance. Human rights performance depends on the relative levels of economic development and spatial proximity to ‘good’ and ‘bad’ neighbours. The paper tests for basic effects of income, and applies spatial weighting models, to analyse the neighbours’ impact on human rights levels, treating this impact as partly endogenous. It takes into account size and distance when comparing each country’s human rights performance with what would be predicted from a weighted average of its neighbours’ performance. There are (1) geographical clusters and (2) size and proximity effects for human rights performance.

Citation

Edwards, T. H., Kernohan, D., Landman, T., & Nessa, A. (2018). Good neighbours matter: economic geography and the diffusion of human rights. Spatial Economic Analysis, 13(3), 319-337. https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2018.1412087

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 2, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Feb 21, 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Deposit Date: Nov 15, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 22, 2019
• Journal: Spatial Economic Analysis
• Print ISSN: 1742-1772
• Electronic ISSN: 1742-1780
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 319-337
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2018.1412087
• Keywords: Human Rights, Diffusion, Spatial Econometrics
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/913114
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17421772.2018.1412087
• Additional Information: 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
• Contract Date: Nov 15, 2017