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A disaggregated model of the marginal external costs of road accidents imposed by different road users is developed. The model explicitly specifies the adjustment of road users to increases in accident risks imposed by additional road use and is used to estimate marginal external costs of road...
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-term externalities of binge drinking. We find that these externalities are on average £4.9 billion per year ($7 billion), about £80 for …
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-term externalities of binge drinking. We find that these externalities are on average £4.9 billion per year ($7 billion), about £80 for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183124
-term externalities of binge drinking. We find that these externalities are on average $4.9 billion per year ($7 billion), about $80 for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167139
Tourism statistics point towards increased tourist mobility in holiday destinations, with a subsequent rise in … associated externalities, above all those related with the use of hire cars. This paper therefore suggests that a fixed-rate tax … should be levied on vehicle hire in order to reduce congestion externalities and thus achieves more efficient traffic levels …
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This study analyzes the demand side of the tourism market in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, Portugal, ranked by … National Geographic as the second island destination for sustainable tourism among 111 islands in the world. Due to the high … frequency of car rentals, this region is a Òfly-and-driveÓ destination, experienced rapid growth in the tourism sector in recent …
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positive relationship between tourism and crime in destinations. When using the level rather than the rate of total crime and … tourist population. Therefore, the main explanation for the impact of tourism on crime seems to be agglomeration effects. …
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The environmental impact of touristic production is different from that of other productions. Touristic services are produced the same as every other private good by profit maximising firms, but part of the production itself consists of environmental improvements. The naturalistic resource is...
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a given tourist destination. We emphasize the presence of quality externalities among hotel establishments, and see that …
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tourism. The resulting modifications to institutions and regional externalities contribute to net changes in the transaction …Williams A. M. and Balaz V. Low-cost carriers, economies of flows and regional externalities, Regional Studies. The …
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