Haisch, Tina; Müller, Urs (2015). Defining and measuring urban regions: A sensitivity analysis. Papers in Regional Science, 94(1), pp. 219-226. Wiley-Blackwell
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This paper evaluates the impact of alternative city boundary definitions on economic performance. First we discuss the theoretical background and motivate the empirical work. Then we present the methodological concept of the sensitivity analysis, which will be applied to a variety of data of Zurich and Bern (the financial and the administrative centres of Switzerland) in order to see how the values of different indicators vary depending on the definition adopted. Finally we will show whether the empirical patterns found are statistically significant. The analysis shows, that the delimitation of a city or city region indeed matters.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Human Geography > Unit Economic Geography 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography |
UniBE Contributor: |
Haisch, Tina |
Subjects: |
700 Arts > 710 Landscaping & area planning 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics |
ISSN: |
1056-8190 |
Publisher: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Monika Wälti-Stampfli |
Date Deposited: |
13 May 2015 12:12 |
Last Modified: |
20 Jun 2023 16:24 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.68126 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/68126 |