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Table 2 Contiguity criteria of the spatial weight matrix available in GeoDa

From: The role of policies in transforming regional fiscal structures: an exploratory analysis of spatial data from a policy of fiscal decentralization in Latin America

Contiguity criteria

Number of neighboring spaces

Description

Rook

4

All those who are located on its sides (up, down, left and right) will be considered neighbors of i

Queen

8

They will be considered neighbors of i all those that are located towards its sides (up, down, left and right) and towards its diagonals

  1. Source: Anselin and Rey (2014)