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Exchange Rate Elasticities of International Tourism and the Role of Dominant Currency Pricing

Ding, Ding; Timmer, Yannick - 2022

We estimate exchange rate elasticities of international tourism. We show that, in addition to the bilateral exchange … rate, the exchange rate between the tourism origin country vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar is an important driver of tourism … flows, indicating a strong role of U.S. dollar pricing. The U.S. dollar exchange rate is more important for tourism …

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A Beam of Light : Media, Tourism & Economic Development

Nocito, Samuel; Sartarelli, Marcello; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2021

Tourism accounts for around one tenth of global GDP. We analyze the impact of entertainment media in drawing tourists … to filming locations (media multiplier ) and, in turn, the effect of tourism on local economic development (tourism … factor of 2.5. Furthermore, we provide evidence of positive spillovers in nearby municipalities. To estimate the tourism …

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Were Jews in Interwar Poland More Educated?

Abramitzky, Ran - 2020

In the context of interwar Poland, we find that Jews tended to be more literate than non-Jews, but show that this finding is driven by a composition effect. In particular, most Jews lived in cities and most non-Jews lived in rural areas, and people in cities were more educated than people in...

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Urban Pollution : A Global Perspective

Borck, Rainald; Schrauth, Philipp - 2023

We use worldwide satellite data to analyse how population size and density affect urban pollution. We find that density significantly increases pollution exposure. Looking only at urban areas, we find that population size affects exposure more than density. Moreover, the effect is driven mostly...

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Rural Transformation, Inequality, and the Origins of Microfinance

Suesse, Marvin - 2019

What determines the development of rural financial markets? Starting from a simple theoretical framework, we derive the factors shaping the market entry of rural microfinance institutions across time and space. We provide empirical evidence for these determinants using the expansion of credit...

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Types of Contact : A Field Experiment on Collaborative and Adversarial Caste Integration

Lowe, Matt - 2020

I estimate the effects of collaborative and adversarial intergroup contact. I randomly assigned Indian men from different castes to participate in cricket leagues or to serve as a control group. League players faced variation in collaborative contact, through random assignment to...

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What Stayers Do? Capital Endowments and On-Farm Transitions in Rural China

Wang, Hao - 2019

While much research on China has focused on rural to urban migration and transitions of rural households away from agriculture, little is known about the changes within the rural agricultural sector. Yet, the agricultural sector continues to account for a large share of employment. We study the...

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The Urban-Rural Gap in Health Care Infrastructure - Does Government Ideology Matter?

Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

Spatial inequalities in publicly provided goods such as health care facilities have substantial socio-economic effects. Little is known, however, as to why publicly provided goods diverge among urban and rural regions. We exploit narrow parliamentary majorities in German states between 1950 and...

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Impact of Formal Climate Risk Transfer Mechanisms on Risk-Aversion : Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

Haile, Kaleab K. - 2019

This study examines the effect of smallholder farmers' access to a formal climate risk transfer mechanism on their risk preferences. Survey and experimental data were collected from smallholder farmers that have access to weather index-based crop insurance (WICI) in Ethiopia. We use an...

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How New Airport Infrastructure Promotes Tourism : Evidence from a Synthetic Control Approach in German Regions

Doerr, Luisa - 2020

We examine how new airport infrastructure influences regional tourism. Identification is based on the conversion of a … new commercial airport increased tourism in the Allgäu region over the period 2008-2016. The positive effect is especially …

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