Cultural tourism constitutes an alternative strategy of sustainable local development for improving quality of life. The main objective of this type of tourism is to transform the regions, which are characterized by cultural resources, into ideal places for vacation, residence or business. In...

To analyze the consumer utility, we use Shibani’s model that is based on three successive layers of earning/spending/utility. Based on the social solidarity, we show that the marginal earning depends on the first difference between the MPC of lower and upper social groups. According to the...

للعقيدة الاسلامية دور مهم في توجيه السلوك الاقتصادي، يتمثل في ربط الحياة الدنيا بالآخرة على مستوى الأفراد والمجتمعات، مما يبرز أهمية البعد الإيماني والأخلاقي في...

Do you believe that at Christmas time the gas prices, the economy and the number of suicides peak? Do you think that the value of presents you are giving to your beloved is of importance? We show in this paper that conventional wisdom about Christmas is often doubtful. Furthermore, we give an...

Do you believe that at Christmas time the gas prices, the economy and the number of suicides peak? Do you think that the value of presents you are giving to your beloved is of importance? We show in this paper that conventional wisdom about Christmas is often doubtful. Furthermore, we give an...

Do you believe that at Christmas time the gas prices, the economy and the number of suicides peak? Do you think that the value of presents you are giving to your beloved is of importance? We show in this paper that conventional wisdom about Christmas is often doubtful. Furthermore, we give an...

To analyze the consumer utility, we use Shibani’s model that is based on three successive layers of earning/spending/utility. Based on the social solidarity, we show that the marginal earning depends on the first difference between the MPC of lower and upper social groups. According to the...

Do you believe that at Christmas time the gas prices, the economy and the number of suicides peak? Do you think that the value of presents you are giving to your beloved is of importance? We show in this paper that conventional wisdom about Christmas is often doubtful. Furthermore, we give an...

The paper presents applied analyses of the long run trends for cultural consumption in Italy. The empirical analysis derives from the ISTAT sources by geographical areas and typologies of consumption some insights on the determinants of consumption in the long run. The role of economic crises is...