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Holiday destinations: Understanding the travel choices of Irish tourists
Lyons, Seán; Mayor, Karen; Tol, Richard S. J. - 2007
characteristics on the tourism destination choices of Irish households. The analysis is based on quarterly survey data of Irish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290543
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Prognosen aus dem Internet: weitere Erholung am Arbeitsmarkt erwartet
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 25, pp. 402-408
Überraschend ist im Mai die Arbeitslosigkeit gefallen. Diese positive Entwicklung wird sich im Juni zunächst fortsetzen. Diese Einschätzung basiert auf einem neuen methodischen Konzept, das Google-Aktivitätsdaten für die kurzfristige Prognose der Arbeitslosigkeit einsetzt. Gerade in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602014
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Bei Google liegen Datenschätze - auch für die Wissenschaft: Acht Fragen an Klaus F. Zimmermann
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Wittenberg, Erich - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 25, pp. 403
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Sommerpause bei der Arbeitslosigkeit: Google-gestützte Prognose signalisiert Entspannung
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 33, pp. 561-566
Die große Wirtschaftskrise hat bisher nur verhaltene Spuren am Arbeitsmarkt hinterlassen. Angesichts der unsicheren weiteren konjunkturellen Entwicklung, der schlechten Auslastung der Arbeitskräfte in den Unternehmen und der hohen Kurzarbeit erwarten viele Beobachter zum Herbst einen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602042
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Google econometrics and unemployment forecasting
Askitas, Nikolaos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
The current economic crisis requires fast information to predict economic behavior early, which is difficult at times of structural changes. This paper suggests an innovative new method of using data on internet activity for that purpose. It demonstrates strong correlations between keyword...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269318
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Google econometrics and unemployment forecasting
Askitas, Nikolaos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
The current economic crisis requires fast information to predict economic behavior early, which is difficult at times of structural changes. This paper suggests an innovative new method of using data on internet activity for that purpose. It demonstrates strong correlations between keyword...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271149
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The Impact of Climate on Holiday Destination Choice
Tol, Richard S.J.; Bigano, Andrea; Hamilton, Jacqueline M. - 2005
The holiday destination choice is analysed for tourists from 45 countries, representing all continents and all climates. Tourists are deterred by distance, political instability and poverty, and attracted to coasts. Tourists prefer countries with a sunny yet mild climate, shun climes that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312467
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The Impact of Climate Change on Domestic and International Tourism: A Simulation Study
Bigano, Andrea; Hamilton, Jacqueline M.; Tol, Richard S.J. - 2006
. We also use the model to examine the impact of sea level rise on tourism demand. Climate change would shift patterns of …We use an updated and extended version of the Hamburg Tourism Model to simulate the effect of development and climate … change on tourism. Model extensions are the explicit modelling of domestic tourism and the inclusion of tourist expenditures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312545
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A Global Database of Domestic and International Tourist Numbers at National and Subnational Level
Tol, Richard S.J.; Bigano, Andrea; Hamilton, Jacqueline M. - 2005
We present a new, global data base on tourist destinations. The data base differs from other data bases in that it includes both domestic and international tourists; and it contains data, for the most important destinations, data at national level as well as at lower administrative levels....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312296
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Beef up your competitor: a model of advertising cooperation between internet search engines
Sapi, Geza; Suleymanova, Irina - 2009
superior firm enters the agreement only if it results in a large enough increase in demand for advertising space at the … demand outweigh its losses due to a smaller user pool. The cooperation is likely to be in line with the advertisers …
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