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International Economics, 2021
Abstract Location quotients (LQ) are a transformation of raw data stored in contingency tables. This transformation has been used frequently in studies involving international trade (under the name ‘revealed comparative advantage’) and in multiple other settings where a total can be disaggregated under at least two independent criteria and thus ...
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Focal Location Quotients: Specification and Applications

Geographical Analysis, 2012
Location quotients (LQs) are commonly used descriptive statistics in spatial analysis. They are not directly affected by neighbor relationships, and their calculation ignores spatial information. This article computes LQs as focal, rather than strictly local, functions by incorporating the spatial structure of the observations in the reference group in
Robert G Cromley, Dean M Hanink
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Clustering: Spatial Autocorrelation and Location Quotients

Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, 2018
Geographic concentration of employment types frequently yields clusters exhibiting moderate-to-strong positive spatial autocorrelation. Such clusters based upon geographic proximity, and frequently quantified with location quotients, also can relate to local indices of spatial autocorrelation, such as LISA and the Getis-Ord statistics.
Daniel A Griffith, Jean H P Paelinck
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Using location quotients to estimate the economic base and trade flows

Regional Studies, 1983
Norcliffe G. B. (1983) Using location quotients to estimate the economic base and trade flows, Reg. Studies 17, 161–168. Two modifications are introduced in an attempt to improve estimates of the economic base and trade flows based on location quotients.
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