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Citation success over time : theory or empirics?

Johnston, David; Piatti, Marco; Torgler, Benno - 2012

This study investigates the citation patterns of theoretical and empirical papers over a period of almost 30 years, while also exploring the determinants of citation success. The results indicate that empirical papers attract more citation success than theoretical studies. However, the pattern...

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Using data envelopment analysis to evaluate environmentally conscious tourism management

Bosetti, Valentina; Cassinelli, Mariaester; Lanza, … - 2004

and environmental aspects are considered as equally relevant. In particular, the focus is on the comparison and efficiency … assessment of Italian municipalities located on the costal areas. In order to assess the efficiency status of the considered … management units, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a methodology for evaluating the relative efficiency of decision making units …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601143

A general equilibrium analysis of climate change impacts on tourism

Berrittella, Maria; Bigano, Andrea; Roson, Roberto; … - 2004

This paper studies the economic implications of climate-change-induced variations in tourism demand, using a world CGE model. The model is first re-calibrated at some future years, obtaining hypothetical benchmark equilibria, which are subsequently perturbed by shocks, simulating the effects of...

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Macro-economic impact assessment of future changes in European marine ecosystem services

Bosello, Francesco; Delpiazzo, Elisa; Eboli, Fabio - 2015

The present research has been developed within the EU FP7 VECTORS project (http://www.marine-vectors.eu/). The main scope of the project (2011 - 2015) has been to evaluate, from a multilateral perspective, drivers, pressures and vectors of changes in marine life of three main European seas...

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Destination image built by the cinema : the case of "Basilicata Coast to Coast"

Bencivenga, Angelo; Chiarullo, Livio; Colangelo, Delio; … - 2012

Film tourism, meaning the phenomenon that is born of the desire to visit film locations, has been the object of increasing attention in recent years. This document presents the results of a field research conducted with the aim of analysing the effects of the film "Basilicata Coast to Coast", by...

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Explaining the slow pace of energy technological innovation : why market conditions matter?

Jin, Wei; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2014

As a useful complement to numerous innovation policy studies from a normative perspective, this paper provides a positive framework to analyze the basic economic mechanism of energy technological innovation and explains its slow pace of technological progress. We find that the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010251567

Is participation in tourism market an opportunity for everyone? : some evidence from Italy

Bernini, Cristina; Cracolici, Maria Francesca - 2014

Exploring the main determinants of tourism participation at national and international level, the paper investigates if there are differences in tourism consumption behavior among Italian families which reflect disparities in their standard of living. To achieve this a Heckman model has been...

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Measuring the impact of tourism upon urban economies : a review of literature

Gasparino, Ugo; Bellini, Elena; Del Corpo, Barbara; … - 2008

Tourism is increasingly seen as a potential lever towards high economic growth, measured both in terms of income and employment. In recent years, interest in tourism has spread rapidly throughout many small and medium European cities, which previously have not considered themselves as tourist...

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Climate change and tourism in Tuscany, Italy : what if heat becomes unbearable?

Cai, Mattia; Ferrise, Roberto; Moriondo, Marco; Nunes, … - 2011

This paper investigates the empirical magnitude of climate conditions on tourist flows in Tuscany, exploring the use of a fine spatial scale analysis. In fact, we explore the use of an 8-year panel dataset of Tuscany's 254 municipalities, examining how tourist inflows respond to variation in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009298278

Tourism and development : a recent phenomenon built on old (institutional) roots?

Brau, Rinaldo; Di Liberto, Adriana; Pigliaru, Francesco - 2010

Is tourism an opportunity for lagging countries in the elusive quest for growth (Easterly, 2002)? Recent empirical evidence suggests that the answer is a cautious yes. Aggregate cross-country data show that tourism specialization is likely to be associated with higher per capita GDP growth rates...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702298

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