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

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Edwards, T. Huw, Kernohan, David, Landman, Todd and Nessa, Azizun (2018) Good neighbours matter: economic geography and the diffusion of human rights. Spatial Economic Analysis . ISSN 1742-1772

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Abstract

We investigate the geo-political and economic aspects of human rights (HR) performance using multi-country panel data. HR performance depends on relative levels of economic development and spatial proximity to ‘good’ and ‘bad’ neighbours. We test for basic effects of income, and apply spatial weighting models, to analyse the neighbours’ impact on HR levels, treating this impact as partly endogenous. We take into account size and distance, to compare each country’s HR performance with what would be predicted from a weighted average of its neighbours’ performance. There are (a) geographical clusters and (b) size and proximity effects for HR performance.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/913114
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
Keywords: Human Rights, Diffusion, Spatial Econometrics
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2018.1412087
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 15 Nov 2017 14:05
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:33
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/48159

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