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The Impact of Climate Change on Domestic and International Tourism: A Simulation Study
Bigano, Andrea; Hamilton, Jacqueline M.; Tol, Richard S.J. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
We use an updated and extended version of the Hamburg Tourism Model to simulate the effect of development and climate change on tourism. Model extensions are the explicit modelling of domestic tourism and the inclusion of tourist expenditures. We also use the model to examine the impact of sea...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423142
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The Impact of Climate on Holiday Destination Choice
Tol, Richard S.J.; Bigano, Andrea; Hamilton, Jacqueline M. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005
The holiday destination choice is analysed for tourists from 45 countries, representing all continents and all climates. Tourists are deterred by distance, political instability and poverty, and attracted to coasts. Tourists prefer countries with a sunny yet mild climate, shun climes that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230907
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The Impact of a Carbon Tax on International Tourism
Tol, Richard S.J. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007
A simulation model of international tourist flows is used to estimate the impact of a carbon tax on aviation fuel. The effect of the tax on travel behaviour is small: a global $1000/tC would change travel behaviour to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from international aviation by 0.8%. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005570262
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Land, Environmental Externalities and Tourism Development
Ibáñez, Javier Lozano; Palmer, Javier Rey-Maquieira; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004
In a two sectors dynamic model we analyze the process of tourism development based on the accumulation of capital (building of tourism facilities) and the reallocation of land from traditional activities to the tourism sector. The model incorporates the conflict between occupation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423140
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Taxing Tourism in Spain: Results and Recommendations
Labandeira, Xavier; Gago, Alberto; Picos, Fidel; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
This paper analyses the foundations, possible applications and the effects of tourism taxation in Spain. The article … tourism taxation in Spain, with special mention being given to the now repealed Balearic ecotasa. Finally, the effects of two …-related sectors could have the same effects on tourist expenditure but at the costs of greater impact for Spain’s economy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423056
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Ownership and Control: A Spanish Survey
Crespi-Cladera, Rafel; Garcia-Cestona, Miguel A. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 1999
The paper analyses the ownership structure of a large sample of Spanish listed companies. The results are analysed in terms of governance implications under the agency theory context. The results show a picture with concentrated ownership where stock markets are relatively low important. Direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230816
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A further step into the ELGH and TLGH for Spain and Italy
Cortés_Jiménez, Isabel; Pulina, Manuela - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
hypothesis (TLGH). The cases under analysis are Spain and Italy, two of the most important countries worldwide regarding the … exports cause economic growth in the long-term for both countries, whilst only for Spain tourism appears as a factor which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230822
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Accounting for Different Uncertainties: Implications for Climate Investments?
Hector, Svenja - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
The paper clarifies the link between changes in risk aversion and the effect on the consumption discount rate. In a general framework that can cope with various forms of uncertainty, it is shown that the response of the consumption discount rate to a change in risk aversion depends on some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904906
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Climate Change and Adaptation: The Case of Nigerian Agriculture
Bosello, Francesco; Campagnolo, Lorenza; Eboli, Fabio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
The present research offers an economic assessment of climate change impacts on the four major crop families characterizing Nigerian agriculture, covering more than 80% of agricultural value added. The evaluation is performed shocking land productivity in a computable general equilibrium model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904911
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Leadership and International Climate Cooperation
Schwerhoff, Gregor - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
Which kind of reaction can a nation or group of nations expect when leading by example in climate policy? This literature survey describes possible positive reaction mechanisms from different fields of economics, some of which have scarcely been linked to climate economics previously. One effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904926