A firm providing transport to tourists can do so at fixed points in time (scheduling by time). Alternately, it can wait for a certain minimal number of tourists to arrive before it provides transport (scheduling by numbers). This “how to schedule” problem confronts all providers of transport...

A firm providing transport to tourists can do so at fixed points in time (scheduling by time). Alternately, it can wait for a certain minimal number of tourists to arrive before it provides transport (scheduling by numbers). This how to schedule problem confronts all providers of transport to...

How to provide transport infrastructure to a tourist destination optimally is a salient question in tourism economics. Even so, this question has received no theoretical attention in the literature. Hence, we use contract theory to provide the first theoretical analysis of the optimal provision...

How does the phenomenon of preference matching by tourists affect their choice between two possible destinations? We study this question. It costs less (more) to vacation in destination A (B). Tourists choose to either vacation in A or B. They differ in their incomes. These incomes are uniformly...

How to provide transport infrastructure to a tourist destination optimally is a salient question in tourism economics. Even so, this question has received no theoretical attention in the literature. Hence, we use contract theory to provide the first theoretical analysis of the optimal provision...