Socio-economical analysis of Italy: The case of hagiotoponym cities |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Macerata, Department of Economics and Law, Via Crescimbeni 20, I-62100 Macerata, Italy;2. School of Management, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK;3. eHumanities Group, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Joan Muyskenweg 25, 1096 CJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands;4. GRAPES – Group of Researchers for Applications of Physics in Economy and Sociology, Rue de la Belle Jardiniere 483, B-4031 Angleur, Belgium;1. School of Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;2. School of Economics, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China;1. The Centre of the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, 11 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TU, United Kingdom;2. School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, United Kingdom;1. Johns Hopkins University, United States;2. University of Colorado Denver, United States;3. Invest in Knowledge, Malawi;1. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, UK;2. Department of Geology, Anna University, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai, India;3. Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Maharaja Sayajirao University Baroda, Vadodara, India;1. Pace University, 1 Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038, USA;2. East Stroudsburg University, 200 Prospect Street, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, USA |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | GDP Italian cities Theil index Gini index Herfindahl-Hirschman index Religion |
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