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dc.contributor.authorOto Peralias, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-22T23:38:44Z
dc.date.available2019-09-22T23:38:44Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-01
dc.identifier250827381
dc.identifiera3fcc1b0-1efe-4b82-8b12-f80170cb01f9
dc.identifier85041499896
dc.identifier000424974400008
dc.identifier.citationOto Peralias , D 2018 , ' What do street names tell us? The 'city-text' as socio-cultural data ' , Journal of Economic Geography , vol. 18 , no. 1 , pp. 187-211 . https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbx030en
dc.identifier.issn1468-2702
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/18533
dc.descriptionFinancial support by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland through grant number 70433 is gratefully acknowledged.en
dc.description.abstractThis paper proposes the use of street names as a source of geographic-specific cultural data for quantitative analysis in social sciences. Street names reflect the cumulative commemorative decisions of municipalities and, as such, can be used as proxies for their social and cultural characteristics, which is particularly useful given the scarcity of cultural data at the local level. The utility of street names as a data source is illustrated through the study of religiosity and local economic development. The street-name indicator of religiosity is shown to be strongly correlated with the cultural factor it is supposed to capture, and appears to be negatively related to economic development at the local level. Finally, the article explores a range of other potential empirical applications to important topics in social sciences.
dc.format.extent961243
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Economic Geographyen
dc.subjectStreet namesen
dc.subjectCity-texten
dc.subjectquantitative analysisen
dc.subjectCultureen
dc.subjectReligiosityen
dc.subjectLocal-level analysisen
dc.subjectLocal economic developmenten
dc.subjectHD Industries. Land use. Laboren
dc.subjectHF Commerceen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subjectR2Cen
dc.subjectSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growthen
dc.subjectSDG 15 - Life on Landen
dc.subject.lccHDen
dc.subject.lccHFen
dc.titleWhat do street names tell us? The 'city-text' as socio-cultural dataen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorCarnegie Trusten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Managementen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Responsible Banking and Financeen
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/jeg/lbx030
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-09-23
dc.identifier.grantnumber70433en


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