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Measurement of use and non-use values of Shirakami Mountain Range by using CVM consistent with TCM
Ohno, Eiji; Mori, Ryuta; Morisugi, Masafumi; Sao, Hiroshi - 2013
In this study, we have constructed a valuation model based on the CVM consistent with the TCM, in order to measure the use and the non-use values of environmental goods consistently. And the practicality of our model has been examined, by applying this model to measurement of environmental...
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Consequences of the surge of new hotels on labour productivity growth in the Spanish hospitality sector : 51st European Congress of the Regional Science Association International a...
Ortega Aguaza, Bienvenido - 2011
The first aim of this paper is to analyse the main tendencies in employment and regional labour productivity in the Spanish hospitality sector in the period 1987-2004. A second purpose is to analyse the main determinants of sectoral labour productivity. The estimation of an augmented production...
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High speed rail and tourism : empirical evidence from Spain's provinces and cities
Albalate, Daniel - 2015
This paper evaluates how changes in the provision of HSR services do affect Tourism outcomes in Spain, a touristic country that has the longest and newest HSR network in Europe. The empirical strategy is based on Differences in Differences panel data methods with double fixed effects. Main data...
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Should football teams be taxed? : determining crime externalities from football matches
Planells-Struse, Simon; Montolio, Daniel - 2014 - This (preliminary) version July 2014
Given the actual debate, in many European countries, about the need for public administrations to raise their revenues through taxing the crime externalities generated by some private leisure activities, this article analyzes the effect of football matches on crime focusing both on property...
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Summer weather conditions and tourism flows in urban and rural destinations
Falk, Martin - 2014
The relationship between weather and tourism demand has been widely investigated for different locations and for different seasons. Although weather and climate conditions are widely seen as an important factor for tourism, relative little is known about their effects over a longer time period....
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Who benefit from globalization of labor? : evidence from the 'Bosman Ruling'
Xu, Dafeng - 2014
As an old Chinese proverb says, "visiting monks give better sermons." European soccer clubs also believe this, and have always been seeking for foreign players to boost competitiveness. However, due to the reason of protectionism, there were restrictions that each club was only allowed to field...
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Determinants of international tourist choices in Italian provinces : a joint demand-supply approach with spatial effects
Lorenzini, Eleonora; Pisati, Maurizio; Pompili, Tomaso - 2014
recent years attempts to merge the two views have come from scholars using spatial econometric techniques, i.e. origin-destination … informative than tourist flows in that it captures not only the number of arrivals but also their contribution to a destination … levels at destination and supply variables such as capacity constraints of tourist accomodations; tourism and transport …
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Do rural development program measures for the encouragement of rural tourism work? : a spatial econometric analysis
Linderhof, Vincent; Reinhard, Stijn - 2012
This paper analyses the impact of Rural Development Program (RDP) measures focusing on tourism have on the growth of tourism and on the economy in rural areas. We first explored tourism in NUT2 regions in the EU with a spatial data analyses and then we applied spatial econometric analyses on...
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A regional analysis of tourism specialization in Spain
Pena-Boquete, Yolanda; Pérez-Dacal, Diana - 2013
demand and supply side variables for tourism sector. Such factors may concern the quality and the capability of a destination …
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Employer size, productivity, labour quality, working conditions, internal labour markets and wages : an empirical analysis of the hotel industry in Andalusia
García-Pozo, Alejandro; Marchante Mera, Andrés J.; … - 2012
In this paper, the diversity of job characteristics and wage gaps in the Spanish hotel industry due to different employer size have been studied. A labour market in which wages depend on employer size means the characteristics of the same job differs between firms. In the hotel industry the data...
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