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The study provides insights into how tourism can be managed to improve financial access in sub-Saharan Africa. The … coefficient, the Atkinson index and Palma ratio) are interacted with tourism (tourism receipts and tourists' arrivals) to … establish inequality levels that should not be exceeded in order for tourism to promote financial access in the sampled …
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This study investigates: (i) the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) and economic growth dynamics, and (ii) the relevance of value added from three economic sectors in modulating the established effect of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics. The...
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-products of globalization: dollarization and tourism. Empirical studies have ignored the possible relationship between … dollarization and tourism. However, we hypothesize that a booming tourism industry will fuel increase in the usage and circulation … of foreign currencies. The objective of this study is to examine the extent to which the tourism industry exacerbates the …
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As Africa continues to attract record numbers of international arrivals, there are industry undercurrents that … influence the continent's participation in tourism value chains. African tourism is characterized by high foreign demand, which … elevates the position of global lead firms and increases leakages of tourism spending out of local economies. This paper …
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This paper estimates the impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on migration and other economic outcomes …
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We document a causal influence of online user-generated information on realworld economic outcomes. In particular, we conduct a randomized field experiment to test whether additional information on Wikipedia about cities affects tourists' choices of overnight visits. Our treatment of adding...
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