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Consumer protection as a factor of destination competitiveness in the European Union
Petrović, Jelena; Milicevic, Snežana - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 19 (2017) 45, pp. 432-446
tourists as consumers. In literature, consumer protection is not explicitly considered and analyzed in the area of destination …
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Satisfaction of Tourist at the Tourist Destination Portorož - Piran
Petrovčić Mišić, Vesna - 2015
factors were analysed: the socio-demographic structure of the tourists, their countries of origin, their main tourist motives … tourists' stay, their placement according to individual accommodation facilities, the tourists' therapeutic, sport …, recreational and other needs, their satisfaction with health care and tourists' provisions, planned trips at the tourist …
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Competition and consumer behavior in the context of the digital economy
Vătămănescu, Elena-Mădălina; Nistoreanu, Bogdan Gabriel - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 19 (2017) 45, pp. 354-366
The current paper aims to investigate the relation between competit ion and online purchasing decision-making, integrating consumer protection awareness and the corresponding consumer behavior as mediators. The focus is on both subjective and objective measures related to the level of consumer...
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An experiment for regulatory policy on broadband speed advertising
Timmons, Shane; McElvaney, Terence J.; Lunn, Pete - 2019
Identifying whether hyperbolic advertising claims influence consumers is important for consumer protection, but differentiating mere "puffery" from misleading advertising is not straightforward. We conducted a pre-registered experiment to determine whether pseudo-technical advertising claims...
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Hidden consequences of consumer protection on the financial market : regulation-introduced bias
Šindelář, Jiří; Budinský, Petr - In: Prague economic papers : a bimonthly journal of … 33 (2024) 3, pp. 277-318
This paper deals with the problem of how the risk perception among retail customers is affected by the consumer protection regulation on the financial market. Through a questionnaire survey, we have measured the effect of selected consumer protection measures on banking or investment decisions...
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The Commons and Anti-Commons Problems in the Tourism Economy
Álvarez-Albelo, Carmen D. - 2011
Countries specialised in tourism tend to face two problems with contradictory effects: the commons and the anti-commons, which lead to tourism over- and under-production, respectively. This paper develops a two-period model to analyse the joint effects of both problems on a small and remote...
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Regulating the gambling Market : Quality-based versus price-based competition.
Geoffron, Patrice - Université Paris-Dauphine - 2010
In mid-2010, France will open market competition to online gambling and casinos. The market is opening as European law evolves and reacts to the growing number of illegal Internet sites. The ensuing new legal scope targets quality-based competition versus price-oriented competition, especially...
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Chapter 33 Culture in International Trade
Acheson, Keith; Maule, Christopher - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 1, (pp. 1141-1182). 2006
Cultural allegiances whether inherited, imposed or chosen, affect economic activity. Many of these cultural layers – ethnic background, religion, language, ideological orientation, and artistic interests – spill over national boundaries. Cultural ideas travel the world along many routes from...
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The commons and anti-commons problems in the tourism economy
Álvarez-Albelo, Carmen D.; Hernández-Martín, Raúl - Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) - 2009
Countries specialised in tourism tend to face two problems with contradictory effects: the commons and the anti-commons, which lead to tourism over- and under-production, respectively. This paper develops a two-period model to analyse the joint effects of both problems on a small and remote...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008556815
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Competitive balance and match attendance in European rugby union leagues
Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2012
The paper analyses the impact of the relatively belated move to professionalism in Rugby Union. We use data on match attendance for 3,667 fixtures in European club Rugby over 15 seasons to estimate the effect of competitive balance on attendance. We find that (short- and medium-term) competitive...
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