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International Tourism Demand for Turkey: A Dynamic Panel Data Approach

Aslan, Alper; Kaplan, Muhittin; Kula, Ferit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Empirical studies on tourism field for Turkey have illustrated little attention in modelling properly the demand function for tourism and identifying the main basis of tourism flows. The majority of studies take into consideration the demand side determinants of tourism, usually proxies by...

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Effect of Linguistic Heterogeneity on Technology Transfer: An Economic Study of FIFA Football Rankings.

yamamura, eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper used the Fédération International de Football Association (FIFA) world ranking points data to examine how linguistic heterogeneity has an impact on technology transfer from the most developed countries. The major findings are: (1) the learning effect from the most developed...

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Tipping, firm strategy, and industrial organization

Azar, Ofer H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Tipping is a phenomenon that has been studied for many years, but is receiving increased attention in recent years. The magnitude of tips is very large – in the US, for example, tips in the food industry alone amount to about $42 billion each year, and tips are given in many other...

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COST ACCOUNTING IN GREEK HOTEL ENTERPRISES: AN EMPIRICAL APPROACH

Pavlatos, Odysseas; Paggios, Ioannis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights of the Greek Hotel Industry practices in the field of Cost Accounting. To this end, a survey was conducted with 85 firms of the Greek hotel sector with the use of questionnaires. Results show that hotel enterprises have a high fixed cost structure...

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Team Payroll, Competitive Balance, and Team Performance in the Japan Professional Baseball League: A Study using 1993-2004 Panel Data.

yamamura, eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This research aimed to explore how a team payroll has an effect on team performance as measured by the winning percentage using panel data of the Japan Professional Baseball League; separately for each of the Central and the Pacific Leagues. The major finding is that a team payroll has a...

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United Kingdom and United States Tourism Demand for Malaysia:A Cointegration Analysis

Habibi, Fateh; Abdul Rahim, Khalid; Chin, Lee - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Tourism industry has been an important contributor to the Malaysia economy. In this paper we inspect variations in the long run demand for tourism from United Kingdom and United States to Malaysia. The demand for tourism has been explained by macroeconomic variables, including income in origin...

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TOURISM AND THE CITY: OPPORTUNITY FOR REGENERATION

Galdini, Rossana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Urban tourism is in full expansion due to world-wide urbanisation and internationalisation of our societies. New economic impulse created by investments in urban regeneration, and improving the quality of life, produces different consequences. This paper tries to examines the benefits and costs...

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GAME INFORMATION, LOCAL HEROES, AND THEIR EFFECT ON ATTENDANCE: THE CASE OF THE JAPANESE BASEBALL LEAGUE

yamamura, eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Can professional sports teams develop their fan base and increase attendance by using players from their same hometown … concerning a starting pitcher prior to the game affects attendance. My major findings are as follows: (1) In the Pacific League …, the salary of the home team’s starting pitcher is positively related to attendance, while that of the visiting team is not …

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THE EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT OF CHANGES IN TOURISM DEMAND

Accinelli, Elvio; Brida, Juan Gabriel; Carrera, Edgar; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

In this short paper we analyze the impact of tourist demand in hotel rooms on the investment of hotels on environmental quality. We show that when income of the tourists increases, then to maintain the demand for rooms, the hotels must in-crease the investment on the environmental quality of the...

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Are Technological Innovations Contagious? Evidence From Sport Records

Gaviria, Alejandro - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 9 (2000) 1, pp. 53-70

In this paper we use world cycling records to study the pattern of technological development of the track bicycle. We find that there is a strong evidence of 'contagious' effects among cycling records which in turn provides indirect evidence of 'contagious' effects among technological...

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