How does the financial health of urban, suburban, and rural semi-peripheral and peripheral municipalities differ?

Jan Kubeš, Irena Szarowská, Jan Pokorný, Department of Geography, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Department of Finance and Accounting, School of Business Administration in Karviná, Silesian University in Opava, Department of Finance and Accounting, Faculty of Economics, University of West Bohemia

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

Published online on May 28, 2026

Abstract

Local Economy, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 499-516, August 2026.
The aim of the article is to identify and explain differences in the municipal financial health with different population size, settlement-regional role, peripherality, and other place-based characteristics. The study area includes almost 130 ...