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How new airport infrastructure promotes tourism : evidence from a synthetic control approach in German regions
Dörr, Luisa; Dorn, Florian; Gäbler, Stefanie; … - 2019
We examine how new airport infrastructure influences regional tourism. Identification is based on the conversion of a … military air base into a regional commercial airport in the German state of Bavaria. The new airport opened in 2007 and … new commercial airport increased tourism in the Allgäu region over the period 2008-2016. The positive effect is especially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157335
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Globalisation and social spending
De Grauwe, Paul; Polan, Magdalena - 2003
We provide evidence indicating that countries with well-developed social security systems do not necessarily face a trade-off between social spending and competitiveness. On average, countries that spend a lot on social needs score well in the competitiveness league. We investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506440
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When does inter-jurisdictional competition engender a "race to the bottom"? : a meta-regression analysis
Costa-Font, Joan; De-Albuquerque, Filipe; Doucouliagos, … - 2015
A growing literature documents the existence of strategic political reactions to public expenditure in one jurisdiction on either neighboring or reference jurisdictions. The latter might give raise to downward expenditure spiral, or "race to the bottom". However, in ascertaining the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479922
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Competition for FDI and profit shifting
Ma, Jie; Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis - 2015
When countries compete for the location of a new multinational plant they need to be aware of the profit shifting opportunities this new plant creates for the global multinational firm. By modelling explicitly the multinational's intra-firm transactions, we show that the home market advantage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469981
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Internalization of airport congestion : a network analysis
Brueckner, Jan K. - 2002
The likely resurgence of air traffic in the U.S. means that airport congestion is a problem that must soon be … theory says that the congestion tolls levied on the various airlines at a particular airport should generally be different …, with the tolls being inversely related to a carrier s airport flight share. Internalization of airport congestion is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410457
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Convenient flight connections vs. airport congestion : modeling the 'Rolling Hub'
Brueckner, Jan K.; Lin, Ming Hsin - 2015
This paper provides the first analysis of the trade-off between convenient flight connections and airport congestion. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334230
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Using happiness surveys to value intangibles : the case of airport noise
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Baarsma, Barbara - 2004
Inhabitants of houses near Amsterdam Airport are complaining of noise nuisance, caused by aircraft traffic. The usual … around Amsterdam Airport as the sum of hedonic price differentials and a residual cost component. The residual costs are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402503
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Fly or cry: is airport noise costly?
Nitsch, Volker - 2009
Airport noise is costly. Airport location is typically associated with lower property prices. Airport expansion often … sparks protests by local residents. In this paper, I provide new evidence on the costs of airport-related noise (and other … disamenities of airports) for individuals. In contrast to previous work, I analyze voting results on restricting airport operations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872205
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Homevoters vs. leasevoters : a spatial analysis of airport effects
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2013 - Version: March 2013
We use a public referendum on a new air traffic concept in Berlin, Germany as a natural experiment to analyze how the interaction of tenure and capitalization effects shapes the outcome of direct democracy processes. We distinguish between homevoters, i.e., voters who are homeowners, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764375
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Airport noise regulation, airline service quality, and social welfare
Brueckner, Jan K. (contributor); Girvin, Raquel (contributor) - 2006
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