Interest rate decisions by central banks are universally discussed in terms of Taylor rules, which describe policy rates as responding to inflation and some measure of the output gap. We show that an alternative specification of monetary policy, in which the interest rate tracks the Wicksellian...

Purpose: This study aims to develop a parsimonious model to estimate US aggregate hotel industry revenue using domestic trips, consumer confidence index, international inbound trips, personal consumption expenditure and number of hotel rooms as predictor variables. Additionally, the study...

Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of a mega-sporting event “2014 FIFA World Cup” on hotel pricing strategies and performance. Design/methodology/approach The present project examines the host regions’ response to the 2014 FIFA World Cup which was established by the variance in...

The objective of the study was to investigate the post-traumatic psychological reactions of children and adolescents of 2008 Chinese earthquake in two samples from a highly exposed area (HEA) (n = 188) and a lowly exposed area (LEA) (n = 235). One year after the earthquake, 423...