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Research about the circular economy is dominated by engineers, architects, and social scientists in fields other than economics. The concepts they study can be useful in economic models of policies – to reduce virgin materials extraction, to encourage green design, and to make better use of...
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Italy’s domestic tourism flows during the recent years of economic recession. Indeed, the occurrence of closer tourism … dataset is made of inter-regional tourism flows among Italian regions over the 2000 - -12 period; across this period, 2008 to …
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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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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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This study examines the macro drivers of the time-varying (dynamic) connectedness between eleven European tourism … estate activity. Further, economic and political uncertainty is found to intensify the macro effects on tourism correlations … crash, also magnify the impact of macro drivers on the evolution of co-movement and integration in the tourism sector. …
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France and Germany, consecutive to the 2022 oil crisis, to infer how fuel tourism responds to changes in relative prices …
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The ability of companies to turn an environmental constraint into a source of strategic opportunities is a controversial topic in published research. The article, which is based on a comparative study of the CO2 emission reduction strategies implemented by the cement and chemical industries,...
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We investigate differences in labor demand between German automotive firms specializing in green propulsion technology and those with a focus on combustion engines. To this end, we introduce a firm-level labor demand index based on the near-universe of online job postings and firms’ patent...
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In this paper we consider a competitive economy with flows of materials from extraction via recycling to landfilling … stimulates recycling as expected. But it also increases primary material extraction and - possibly - the total waste flow, and it … reduces the recycling ratio. …
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Recycling waste from used goods can substitute for scarce raw materials and reduce resource dependence. This paper … presents a model of waste collection, recycling and final goods production using raw and recycled materials. Non-recycled waste … recycling firms to compensate for the savings in disposal costs. We study trade between resource poor economies exporting final …
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