For reasons of non-comparability with other Thai provinces, we exclude Bangkok Metropolitan Area
as an outlier. Moreover, non-comparability of data (in particular land prices – see below) led us to
exclude other provinces in the Greater Bangkok Area, as well as Chiangmai and Phuket. For the newly
created provinces of Amnat Charoen and Nong Bua Lam Phu, data dating back to 1996 are (naturally
enough) not available. In total, we analyse data for 65 Thai provinces, which altogether represent more
than 85 per cent of the Thai population, territory and economy outside Bangkok. Twenty provinces of
our sample lie in the central region, 16 in the northern region, 17 in the northeastern region, and 12 in
the southern region.