Introduction on tourism in Europe and in the cross-border Italy-France -- Objectives and methodology of the ART Project for the Tourism Competitiveness -- Map of the scientific competences on tourism and in the priority sectors in the Italy-France cross-border area -- European funds and...

This paper examines the effects of intensified international competition on industry profits in six European Union (EU) countries. The paper uses two methods to estimate industry profits. The traditional method uses accounting data to obtain a measure of gross price-average cost margins. The...