Socio-economical analysis of Italy: The case of hagiotoponym cities

Roy Cerqueti

doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2015.03.004

Socio-economical analysis of Italy: The case of hagiotoponym cities

Roy Cerqueti

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This paper considers joining the economical characteristics of Italian cities with a relevant sociological aspect of the Catholic saints. More than in other countries, a high percentage of Italian cities are toponyms coming from the name of specific saints (hagiotoponym). The link with Italian religious views is distinct. The statistical analysis of the economic contributions that each hagiotoponym city provides to the Italian GDP is considered. Such an analysis is also based on the comparison with Italian data and is considered with the Theil, Gini, and Herfindahl-Hirschman indices. It is obtained that hagiotoponym cities represent a proxy of the overall Italian reality of medium-sized cities in the case of outliers removal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	561-564
Journal	The Social Science Journal
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2015.03.004
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2015
Externally published	Yes

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