PySAL Project on Panel Data Spatial Econometrics

This project aims to extend the functionality of pysal.spreg to deal with panel data econometric models. Spatial panels refer to data containing time series observations of a number of geographical units. Specifically, this project will focus on static panel models with fixed and random effects. Also, I will develop a framework to test the spatial lag, the spatial error model, and the spatial Durbin model against each other, as well as a framework to choose among fixed effects, random effects or a model without fixed/random effects. Thus, this project will handle panel data, estimate panel models and provide specification tests.