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focusing on tourism demand. Our hedonic price estimations combine detailed hotel price information with tourism-specific travel …
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Tourism is an industry of primary importance for the world economy. For some countries, tourism is the first source of … income and foreign currency, and many local economies heavily depend on tourism. Tourists are sensitive to climate and to … to leave their country of origin. Yet, until recently, the attention devoted by the tourism literature to climate change …
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This paper studies the economic implications of climate-change-induced variations in tourism demand, using a world CGE … subsequently perturbed by shocks, simulating the effects of climate change. We portray the impact of climate change on tourism by …
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on the economic assessment of two specific climate change impacts: sea-level rise and changes in tourism flows. By using … impact category to the final result. In the case under scrutiny demand shocks induced by changes in tourism flows outweigh …
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.g. tourism) and the alpine regions will suffer significant economic damages. …
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This paper proposes a new tool to assess sustainability and make the concept of sustainable development operational. It … considers its multi-dimensional structure combining the information deriving from a selection of relevant sustainability … aggregate index to measure overall sustainability. The former allows capturing the sector and regional interactions and higher …
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This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European Trading System of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the...
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The question of the spatial impacts of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated intellectual and …-class ICT and high-tech industries cluster together. In theory, geographical agglomeration of economic activities results as an … equilibrium solution of a tension between centripetal and centrifugal forces. ICT has the potential to alter the balance between …
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The question of the spatial impacts of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated the intellectual … congested area where world-class ICT and high-tech industries cluster together. In theory, geographical agglomeration of … discusses how the use of ICT may alter the balance between centripetal and centrifugal forces and therefore the final …
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in driving the decision to outsource KIBS, but ICT, R&D and location within a dense and technologically developed …
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