This discussion paper addresses the demand for camping tourism by means of a literature review and an exploratory empirical study based on it. There was little data available specifically on motives of campers. Previous studies, such as those conducted by the Society for Consumer Research...

Camping is booming. This development, combined with the travel restrictions, led to an increase in the number of overnight stays at campsites in the summer of 2020. For example, there were more and more press reports of overcrowded campsites in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania....

We develop and apply a new method for estimating the economic benefits of an environmental amenity. The method fits within the household production framework (Becker 1965), and is based upon the notion of estimating the derived demand for a privately traded option to utilize a freely-available...

This study examines if couples time their work hours and how this work timing influences child care demand and the time that spouses jointly spend on leisure, household chores and child care. By using a innovative matching strategy, this studies identifies the timing of work hours that cannot be...

Extending the traditional income poverty concept by multidimensional poverty has been of growing interest within the last years. This paper contributes with an analysis of interdepend-ent multidimensional (IMD) poverty intensity of time and income, which in particular restricts social...

Tools for recreational resources management are topics of great theoretical and practical interest. The most commonly used tool undoubtedly is the licence or permit. The implementation of a system of licences to regulate the use of a natural resource is far from simple as it presupposes the...