TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial disparities across the regions of Turkey
T2 - An exploratory spatial data analysis
AU - Celebioglu, Fatih
AU - Dall'erba, Sandy
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - The aim of this paper is to perform an exploratory spatial data analysis on the growth and development level of the 76 Turkish regions over 1995-2001. While our choropleth maps indicate that the Western part of the country is significantly more developed than the East, the tools of spatial statistics reveal the presence of spatial dependence across provinces. The presence of heterogeneity is reflected in the distribution of Local Indicators of Spatial Association statistics. Overall, our results shed new light on the distribution of growth across Turkish regions and its relation with public investments and human capital, two indicators of development.
AB - The aim of this paper is to perform an exploratory spatial data analysis on the growth and development level of the 76 Turkish regions over 1995-2001. While our choropleth maps indicate that the Western part of the country is significantly more developed than the East, the tools of spatial statistics reveal the presence of spatial dependence across provinces. The presence of heterogeneity is reflected in the distribution of Local Indicators of Spatial Association statistics. Overall, our results shed new light on the distribution of growth across Turkish regions and its relation with public investments and human capital, two indicators of development.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00168-009-0313-8
DO - 10.1007/s00168-009-0313-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956012682
VL - 45
SP - 379
EP - 400
JO - Annals of Regional Science
JF - Annals of Regional Science
SN - 0570-1864
IS - 2
ER -