An Investigation of Spatial Contiguity for Provinces in Turkey Using Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics Level 3 Data
An Investigation of Spatial Contiguity for Provinces in Turkey Using Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics Level 3 Data

Summary/Abstract: Using NUTS Level 3 data, this study examines whether provinces in Turkey exhibit spatial contiguity. Output-oriented BCC and CCR model forms of PCA and DEA were used in the data preparation phase. While a total of 72 models were obtained using findings resulting from PCA, CCR and BCC, those models having econometric complications and models not exhibiting spatial autocorrelation based on Moran’s I test, were excluded. For the remaining 13 models, SAR and SEM estimates were performed, and component-based spatial contiguities were determined for the provinces. The contiguities were confirmed visually through spatial mapping.

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