This paper aims to demonstrate the potential of quantitative research synthesis, i.e. meta-analysis, as a methodology for comparative and explorative research, with a particular view on tourism research. The attention is focused on regional tourist multipliers which measure the effects of...

This paper positions time in the centre of spatial economic analysis, with a particular view on transport behaviour. The conventional assumption is that there is for most people in our society a constant travel time budget, so that higher speeds tend to lead to longer travel distance....

BAAIJENS S. R., NIJKAMP P. and VAN MONTFORT K. (1998) Explanatory meta-analysis for the comparison and transfer of regional tourist income multipliers, Reg. Studies 32 , 839-849. This paper aims to demonstrate the potential of quantitative research synthesis, in particular meta-analysis, as a...