The assessment of local, regional or national impacts of an influx of tourists - of different kind and origin - has in recent years become a new challenge for economics research in the tourism sector. There is a clear need to develop solid methodologies through which the socio-economic impacts...

This book offers a panoramic view of recent advances in spatial complexity, in order to enhance our understanding of complex spatial networks by simplicity in terms of both the basic driving forces of systemic impacts and the modelling of such systems. Simple models mapping out the evolution of...

'Advances in Tourism Economics' follows his predecessor 'Advances in Modern Tourism Research' (2007) in providing a thorough assessment of state-of-the-art economic research in this rapidly developing field. The authors start by analyzing the recent upsurge of model-based economic research in...

Gleichheit und Gerechtigkeit -- Effizienzorientierte Begründungen für Umverteilung -- Effizienzgründe für die Existenz einer Sozialversicherung -- Rentenversicherung -- Krankenversicherung -- Arbeitslosenversicherung und Grundsicherung -- Familienpolitik -- Zukunftsprobleme des deutschen...