This paper introduces a new methodology in order to construct Minimal Spanning Trees (MST) and Hierarchical Trees (HT) using the information provided by more than one variable. In fact, the Symbolic Time Series Analysis (STSA) approach is applied to the Dow Jones companies using information not...

This paper investigates the causal relations between tourism growth, relative prices and economic expansion for the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, a region of northeast Italy bordering on Switzerland and Austria. Johansen cointegration analysis shows the existence of one cointegrated vector...

Argentina is the principal source of tourism in Uruguay. This paper analyzes the effects in the long run of tourism from Argentina on the economic growth of Uruguay. Using quarterly data from 1987.I to 2006.IV, the study uses co-integration analysis and shows the existence of one cointegrated...

In this paper we study the effects of real wage on labour productivity for the Mexican Tourism sector. Using yearly data from 1970 to 2004, we find a cointegration relationship showing that average labour productivity depends positively on the real wage. We also show that real wage is weak...

The present short paper considers the cruising expenditure in Costa Rica as a key variable in the economic analysis of the cost and benefits associated with the cruise industry. We use cross sectional dimension for 2008 to analyze the different variables influencing expenditure levels....

This paper studies the impacts on economic growth of a small tourism driven economy caused by an increase in the growth rate of international tourism demand. We present a formal model and empirical evidence.The ingredients of the dynamic model are a large population of intertemporally optimizing...