This paper demonstrates the importance for energy demand modelling of allowing for trends and seasonal effects that are stochastic in form. Inherent underlying trends may be non-linear and reflect not only technical progress, which usually produces greater energy efficiency, but also other...

Agriculture plays a significant role in the economies of Central America and the Caribbean as a source of employment and export revenue. The role of agriculture in the region is nothing new, yet the nature of the relationship has changed in the past century, particulary when one considers the...

International tourism is often perceived by LDC government planners as an engine of economic growth, but the focus is commonly mass tourism whilst ignoring backpackers. The case study of Lombok, Indonesia, indicates that the encouragement of backpacker tourism may alleviate some of the excesses...

The retreat from economic liberalism between the wars and growing government intervention in domestic and international economic policy widened the scope for business organisations to shape national policy. Although in the early 1920s business had been divided over tariffs, protectionaist...

In this paper a model is presented that considers the factors influencing male decisions concerning whether or not to consume, at the margin, female prostitution services.

The relationship between road use and pricing paradigm has recently received notable reviews in Morrisson (1986), Evans (1992) and Lewis (1993). A further re-statement would appear to be unnecessary in the presence of such surveys. However the technical presentation of the economic models of...