Spatial Econometrics: a Personal Overview

The paper is based on the invited lecture given at the Katowice University of Economics in June 2012. In the paper the beginnings of subdiscipline called spatial econometrics are presented. The history of spatial statistical analysis and its influence on economic surveys is considered. Author's contribution to this area is presented together with personal overview of the developments of the subdiscipline. Moreover, some future challenges connected with "non-standard spatial econometrics" are analyzed including spatial bias, spatial specification, spatial estimation, spatial complexity and isomorphisms.