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The Efficiency of Social and Economic Image Projection in Spatial Configurations[Note 1. This research has received financial support by a joint ...]
Author(s) -
Athanassopoulos Antreas D.,
Karkazis John
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/0022-4146.00044
Subject(s) - data envelopment analysis , frontier , econometrics , gross domestic product , projection (relational algebra) , dual (grammatical number) , product (mathematics) , efficient frontier , computer science , regional science , economic geography , geography , economics , mathematics , statistics , macroeconomics , algorithm , financial economics , art , geometry , literature , archaeology , portfolio
In this paper we examine issues related to the regional images of spatial configurations and their performance in attracting resources that are expressed in terms of regional gross domestic product. The concepts of social and economic image efficiency are introduced and their dual relationship is acknowledged. A non‐parametric frontier analysis methodology is proposed for assessing the two types of efficiency, based on the concept of data envelopment analysis. The method is applied to the twenty prefectures of Northern Greece on data that span the period 1981 to 1991.