First Author:   Amitrajeet Batabyal Rochester Institute of Technology aabgsh@rit.edu   Department of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology, 92 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, 14623-5604, USA   585-475-2805(Phone) 585-475-2805(Fax) http://www.rit.edu/~aabgsh/ Second Author: Peter Nijkamp Free University pnijkamp@feweb.vu.nl   Department of Spatial Economics, Free University, De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The Netherlands