Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/219575 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Institute of Economic Research Working Papers No. 14/2014
Publisher: 
Institute of Economic Research (IER), Toruń
Abstract: 
The objective of this paper is to identify classes of regions presenting different economic situations and apply a join-count test to examine spatial dependences between these classes. The test examines spatial autocorrelation on the basis of qualitative data. The global join-count test indicates general interactions occurring between regions, while the local join-count test examines a tendency to form the spatial clusters (e.g. metropolitan areas). The study covers the situations of 66 Polish NUTS 3 regions in 2011. Regions were divided into two classes presenting relatively low and high levels of economic development. Taxonomic methods of multivariate data analysis were applied in the research. The global test proved spatial clustering of economically poor regions but was statistically insignificant as regards well-developed regions. Thus the join-count local join-count test was additionally applied. The test indicated the occurrence of five spatial clusters of NUTS 3 regions. Three of them include economically well-developed regions, while two of them present poor economic situations. Furthermore three spatial outliers (local growth centres), which deteriorate the economic situation of eastern Poland, were also recognized.
Subjects: 
join-count test
spatial dependence
local indicators of spatial association (LISA)
explorative spatial data analysis (ESDA)
economic development
JEL: 
C21
C51
J64
R11
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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