This study applies network analysis to analyze the structure of the Euro Stoxx market during the long period from 2002 up to 2014. The paper generalizes previous research on stock market networks by including asset returns and volume trading as the main variables to study the financial market. A...

Personal individual capitalization systems have experienced significant growth in recent decades, following the trend of aging populations and defined benefit pension crisis. This article investigates whether the implementation of funded pension schemes globally has prompted the development of...

This paper studies an extension of the Mankiw-Romer-Weil growth model by departing from the standard assumption of constant population growth rate. More concretely, this rate is assumed to be decreasing over time and a general population growth law verifying this characteristic is introduced. In...

This research analyses the influence of perceived authenticity of Christmas Markets and their products on shopping expenditure. The quantitative analysis was conducted based on 1275 self-administered questionnaires collected among event attendees in three different Northern Italian Christmas...

The aim of this study is to analyze the economic impact of the Biathlon World Cup 2009 in Antholz-Anterselva. The survey concentrates on the immediate, direct and short-term additional revenue brought into the region by foreign sport event spectators. We first apply an expenditure-based...

This study analyses cruise visitors' travel experience, their intention to return to a destination as land tourists and the probability to recommend. Consumer's satisfaction is evaluated by taking into account the economic production factors, that is human and physical capital. “Satisfaction...

This study contribute to the growing literature on repeat visitation by examining the factors that affect a cruise ship passenger's stated likelihood of returning to a visited port as a stay over tourist. Results from a survey of cruise ship passengers that stopped in Cartagena de Indias...

This short paper analyzes the effects in the long-run between tourism and the economic growth in the regions of Antioquia, Bolivar, Bogotá, Magdalena and San Andrés-Providencia of Colombia. Using annual data from 1990 to 2005, the study uses cointegration analysis to analyze the existence of...

This paper aims to examine the determinants of the visitors' expenditure behavior at Christmas Markets. We have analyzed the visitors' expenditure at micro-level, dividing them into spending on accommodation and on food and beverage. The explicative variables taken into account are...

The purpose of this paper is to explore residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and how they affect attitudes towards local tourism policies. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of community attachment and employment sector of residents. This study presents the results of a...