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

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

Authors

T. Huw Edwards

David Kernohan

Azizun Nessa



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 Mar 28, 2024
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

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