This paper tests the visa-led tourism hypothesis (VTH) which contends that easing of visa restrictions increases international tourism. Israel acts as a natural laboratory in this case with clear before and after junctures in visa restrictions. We use panel data on tourism to Israel from 60...

1 Space and Time are Inextricably Interwoven -- 2 Time Series for Spatial Econometricians -- 3 Spatial Data Analysis and Econometrics -- 4 The Spatial Conectivity Matrix -- 5 Unit Root and Cointegration Tests in Spatial Cross-Section Data -- 6 Spatial Vector Autoregressions -- 7 Unit Root and...

We present a simple reproducible methodology for constructing regional capital stock data, which we apply to Israel. We find that capital deepening has been sigma-convergent since 1985. This process is "inverted" since capital stocks and capital-labor ratios in the richer center have been...