Applied research
Developing settlement typologies from business structure data and comparing their municipal financial characteristics.
Research question
Local economic profiles can be associated with different opportunities to generate own-source revenue and varying fiscal constraints. The research investigates the relationship between business structure and municipal fiscal capacity.
Economic structure is represented through business sector composition and size categories. Clustering methods produce settlement typologies, which are subsequently linked to municipal financial indicators.
The groups are assessed using descriptive statistics, analysis of variance and pairwise comparisons. Interpretation distinguishes sectoral composition from other potentially relevant settlement characteristics.
Quantitative investigation of economic potential, labour-market integration, fiscal capacity and public-service provision.
Cross-sectional comparison of consumer basket costs and local income conditions across Hungarian districts.
