This paper analyses the market transformations in heritage tourism destinations when excessivetourism demand determines the emergence of a class of excursionists among visitors. Building onthe approach of Keane (1997) and Shapiro (1983), our model highlights some importantdimensions of...

This paper reports the results of a cross-country comparison between Austria andJapan for an experimental 3-personcoalition formation ultimatum game. The experimental design allows thecomparison with respect to three decisions. (i)The coalition decision, (ii) proposers' demand behavior in 2- and...

This paper studies the intangible costs of international trade by extending the basic gravity equation with measures of cultural and institutional distance, and institutional quality. Analyzing a sample of bilateral trade flows between 92 countries in 1999, we find that institutional distance...