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number of applications result is due to rent seeking behavior. Sizable welfare gains (15% to 20%) can be realized by … applying for at least one job per period, increases welfare. …
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This paper analyses the market transformations in heritage tourism destinations when excessivetourism demand determines … model highlights some importantdimensions of sustainable tourism development. The lesser capacity of excursionists to learn …. Traditional tourism strategies are seldom successful when they try toprevent excessive growth by discouraging daily visits. This …
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We empirically investigate the responsiveness of international trade to the stringency of environmental regulation. Stringent environmental regulation may impair the export competitiveness of ‘dirty’ domestic industries, and as a result, ‘pollution havens’ emerge in countries where...
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economics literature on tourism. The reason for this interest emerges from both the increasing economic importance of the … tourist sector and the increasing competition on the tourist market as a consequence of the transition from mass tourism to a … new age of tourism that calls for a tailor-made approach to the specific attitudes and needs of tourists. The central …
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There has been much attention for the causes of the increase in wageinequality in the United States since the mid seventies. DiNardo,Fortin, and Lemieux (1996) showed that minimum wages can explain 25%. The present paper uses a more general approach requiring noassumptions on how minimum wages...
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Estimates of the effect of education on GDP (the social return) have been hard to reconcile with micro evidence on the private return to schooling. We present a simple explanation combining two ideas: imperfect substitution and endogenous skill-biased technological progress and use cross-country...
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