Investigating the Determinants of Relative Economic Performance for Irish Towns: A Finite Mixture Modelling Approach

This paper uses a finite-mixture modelling approach to investigate the likely determinants of relative economic performance for Irish towns. The main argument put forward is that determinants of success can act in different ways for different groups of towns and the modelling approach differentiates...

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Main Authors: Cullinan, J., Garvey, E., Keane, Michael
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/64123
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author Cullinan, J.
Garvey, E.
Keane, Michael
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description This paper uses a finite-mixture modelling approach to investigate the likely determinants of relative economic performance for Irish towns. The main argument put forward is that determinants of success can act in different ways for different groups of towns and the modelling approach differentiates towns on the basis of their relationship between performance measures and likely performance determinants. The results suggest that determinants of success such as centrality and road quality, capacity and functional score, as well as the population size of supporting and competing hinterlands have very different impacts on different groups of towns, highlighting heterogeneity in the way in which different factors impact economic performance. © 2013 Regional Studies Association.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-641232018-02-06T12:08:55Z Investigating the Determinants of Relative Economic Performance for Irish Towns: A Finite Mixture Modelling Approach Cullinan, J. Garvey, E. Keane, Michael This paper uses a finite-mixture modelling approach to investigate the likely determinants of relative economic performance for Irish towns. The main argument put forward is that determinants of success can act in different ways for different groups of towns and the modelling approach differentiates towns on the basis of their relationship between performance measures and likely performance determinants. The results suggest that determinants of success such as centrality and road quality, capacity and functional score, as well as the population size of supporting and competing hinterlands have very different impacts on different groups of towns, highlighting heterogeneity in the way in which different factors impact economic performance. © 2013 Regional Studies Association. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/64123 10.1080/00343404.2011.628929 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle Cullinan, J.
Garvey, E.
Keane, Michael
Investigating the Determinants of Relative Economic Performance for Irish Towns: A Finite Mixture Modelling Approach
title Investigating the Determinants of Relative Economic Performance for Irish Towns: A Finite Mixture Modelling Approach
title_full Investigating the Determinants of Relative Economic Performance for Irish Towns: A Finite Mixture Modelling Approach
title_fullStr Investigating the Determinants of Relative Economic Performance for Irish Towns: A Finite Mixture Modelling Approach
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the Determinants of Relative Economic Performance for Irish Towns: A Finite Mixture Modelling Approach
title_short Investigating the Determinants of Relative Economic Performance for Irish Towns: A Finite Mixture Modelling Approach
title_sort investigating the determinants of relative economic performance for irish towns: a finite mixture modelling approach
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/64123