SPUR and SCPC Packages

Stata, Python, and R packages implementing techniques for spatial inference developed by Müller and Watson.

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• Documentation hub
• Forthcoming Stata Journal article (accepted preprint)
• Old working paper

Packages

• spur-stata: Documentation · GitHub
• spur-python: Documentation · GitHub · PyPI
• spuR: Documentation · GitHub
• scpc-python: Documentation · GitHub · PyPI
• scpcR: Documentation · GitHub
• spur-skills: Documentation · GitHub

Citation

When using these packages, please cite Becker, Boll and Voth (2026) :

@Article{becker2026,
  author    = {Becker, Sascha O. and Boll, P. David and Voth, Hans-Joachim},
  title     = {Testing and Correcting for Spatial Unit Roots in Regression Analysis},
  journal   = {Stata Journal},
  year      = {forthcoming},
  note      = {Forthcoming}
}

If you encounter any issues or have any questions, please open an issue on GitHub or contact the authors.