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Cultural Offer and Distance in a Spatial Interaction Model for Tourism

Patuelli, Roberto; Mussoni, Maurizio; Candela, Guido - 2014

tourist's origin and destination regions) in mediating the tourism impact of cultural offer. This research question is … investigated by means of a spatial interaction model, applied to the case of Italian domestic tourism. We find that distance indeed …Culture is more and more considered as an important driver of tourism. However, it is critical, for policymakers, to …

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Investment in stadia and regional economic development: evidence from FIFA World Cup 2006

Feddersen, Arne; Grötzinger, André L.; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2008

Using the case of the new stadiums for the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany, this paper is the first multivariate work that examines the potential income and employment effects of new stadiums outside of the USA. This study is also the first work on this topic that conducts tests on the basis of a...

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Wage and employment effects of the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 reconsidered

Feddersen, Arne; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2009

We estimate the economic effects of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Our difference in difference model checks for serial correlation and allows for a simultaneous test of level and trend effects, but otherwise follows HOTCHKISS, MOORE, & ZOBAY (2003) in this journal. We were not able to...

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Income inequality and product variety: Empirical evidence

Pennerstorfer, Dieter; Schindler, Nora; Weiss, Christoph R. - 2020

This article investigates the relationship between income inequality and firms' locations and product choices. Using detailed information on income at a regionally disaggregated level and individual data on Austrian restaurants, we demonstrate that firm conduct crucially depends on the...

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Exploring of a small-scale tourism product under economic instability: The case of a Greek rural border area

Chatzitheodoridis, Fotios; Kontogeorgos, Achilleas - In: Economies 8 (2020) 3, pp. 1-19

towards the development of tourism. However, the tourism industry, developed during the last 20 years, has an undefined … character. Specifically, tourism is characterized as small-scaled owing to the limited number of mainly domestic tourists, who … this paper is to capture the opinions and attitude of Kastoria visitors towards tourism, as well as to illustrate the …

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Income Inequality and Product Variety: Empirical Evidence

Pennerstorfer, Dieter; Schindler, Nora; Yontcheva, Biliana - 2022

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Income inequality and product variety: Empirical evidence

Pennerstorfer, Dieter; Schindler, Nora; Weiss, Christoph R. - 2020

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Cultural Heritage and the Attractiveness of Cities: Evidence from Recreation Trips

van Loon, Ruben; Gosens, Tom; Rouwendal, Jan - 2014

Many cities are trying to attract tourists by investing in urban amenities. Cultural heritage is an important example and substantial investments are needed to keep ancient inner cities and characteristic monumental buildings in good shape. The costs of these policies are usually clear, the...

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Mega-events and sectoral employment: The case of the 1996 Olympic Games

Feddersen, Arne; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2010

This paper contributes to the analysis of large sporting events using highly disaggregated data. We use the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, which are also outstanding as one of the very few large sporting events where ex post academic analysis found significant positive effects. This paper...

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Sectoral labour market effects of the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Feddersen, Arne; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2010

Using the case of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, this study is the first to test the employment effects of a mega-sporting event on the basis of data that are both regional and sectoral. It is also the first study of sporting events to use a non-parametric test method. Earlier studies on the World Cup...

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