The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of tourism consumption on imports. The basic idea is that conversion of tourism expenditure into value added and GP depends on the effect of the former on imports. Imports are leakages that reduce the economic impact of tourism in a destination and...

The HIV/AIDS disease represent a priority for all health authorities in all countries and it also represents serious added socioeconomic problems for societies over the world. The aim of this paper is to analize the economic impact associated to the HIV/AIDS in an European context. We conducted...

Südafrika wird als erster afrikanischer Staat eine Fußballweltmeisterschaft ausrichten. Dies ist eine große Aufgabe für eine junge Nation, die zwar wirtschaftlich prosperiert, aber immer noch schwer an den Lasten der Apartheid trägt und in vielerlei Hinsicht der Dritten Welt angehört. Der...

In order to address the serious water shortage problem in northern China, China has launched the South-to-North Water Diversion Scheme, which is a large-scale inter-basin water diversion project. With Beijing as an example and using input-output analysis, this paper analyzes the macroeconomic...

Nowadays tourism is one of the most important sectors of our country, and no one has any doubt about importance of sport for the economy. Both concepts create “sports tourism”, and “sporting events” are its greatest exponent that is having special importance both at academic and at the...

El impacto económico de la pandemia de COVID-19 ha sido desigual en los países de la zona del euro. Entre los factores que lo explican, estarían la intensidad de la crisis sanitaria en cada territorio y la severidad y la duración de las medidas de contención aplicadas para limitar la...

El impacto económico de la pandemia de COVID-19 ha sido desigual en los países de la zona del euro. Entre los factores que lo explican, estarían la intensidad de la crisis sanitaria en cada territorio y la severidad y la duración de las medidas de contención aplicadas para limitar la...

This paper explores the effects of tropical cyclones on the economic activity of establishments in the manufacturing and service sectors in Mexico. The analysis relies on panel data that combines establishment-level economic activity with municipal-level exposure to tropical cyclones on a...

Policy responses to COVID-19 affected the dynamic of economic growth and labor markets worldwide, hitting economically harder on developing countries. These policies involved economic lockdowns that included the shutdown of the main statistical exercises, making it almost impossible to assess...

Air conditioning systems accountable a huge amount of energy consumption, the purpose of this work is to inspect the energy efficiency and the economic impact for air-conditioners using Wireless Sensing and Actuator Networks. Different methods are explored. Referring to ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007...