This study analyse the technical efficiency in terms of innovation of the firms in the service sector in the Uruguayan economy. Therefore, we use data from the 2010-2012 Innovation Activities Survey of the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII). In a first stage, we estimate the...

We consider an extensive form game to analyze the interdependence between environmental protection of resources, the activities related with the tourism and the behavior of a local population. We answer two questions: 1) Suppose that the central planner invest in tourist activities, has he...

The dynamics of tourists and guests can be modeled in a varied of ways and, in most of this models tourist destinations behave as dynamic evolving complex systems. In this paper we represent an economic problem in which the affluence of tourists to a specific place depends on the quot;statequot;...

In this paper we describe the evolution of the cruise tourism industry and we analyze different impacts on tourism destinations of this segment of the travel industry. The study includes the discussion of economic, social, environmental, cultural and political effects. We present data to analyze...

This paper studies the impact of a correct valuation of the opportunity costs in individual decisions and social welfare applied to a tourism problem. Starting from the partial equilibrium model in Skak (2004), we show that the valuation of social welfare depends on the definition of individual...

In this paper we describe and apply the methods of Symbolic Time Series Analysis to an experimental framework. We discuss data symbolization as a tool for identifying temporal patterns in experimental data and use symbol sequence statistics in a model strategy. In particular, we introduce a...

One of the key elements in any standard economic growth theory is that population growth exponentially at a constant rate n gt; 0. This simple model can provide an adequate approximation to such growth only for the initial period because, growing exponentially, population approaches infinity...