An interesting winter sport phenomenon inrecent years has been the growth ofsnowboarding. Snowboarding has outpaced skiingat many resorts and has become the snow ridingactivity of choice for many young people. Thisstudy develops an empirical demand model forwinter sport trips amongst college...

Una dificultad presente en la gestión de recursos medioambientales es la ausencia de mercados que asignen un valor económico a sus funciones. En este estudio, se ha aplicado un método directo de valoración (método dicotómico simple de valoración contingente) y otro indirecto (método...

Patent citation data are used in a growing body of economics and business research on technological diffusion. Research in this area uses “backward” citations to measure technological knowledge acquired by the patenting entities studied. “Forward” citations (citations to the firm’s...