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Asensi Descals-tormo

Supplemental Material - Tourist choice, competitive tourism markets and the effect of a tourist tax on producers revenues

Supplementary Material for Tourist choice, competitive tourism markets and the effect of a tourist tax on producers revenues by Asensi Descals-Tormo and José-Ramón Ruiz-Tamarit in Tourism Economics.

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Tourist choice, competitive tourism markets and the effect of a tourist tax on producers revenues

We propose a model for the tourism sector assuming basically two markets, one for tourist services and the other for accommodation. These sub-markets are considered as separate but interrelated. The nature of the feedback is determined by a vertical complementarity between tourist services and lodging. We obtain the optimal solution of the tourist choice problem, the primary demand for tourist services and the derived demand for overnight stays. Then, we focus on the equilibrium outcomes assuming perfectly competitive tourism markets. We do not address the externalities caused by tourism activities. Consequently, we move away from efficiency by introducing a tax on overnight stays and insp…

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An Economic Characterization of the Concept of «Merit Goods»: The Case of Higher Education Service

La giustificazione dei finanziamenti pubblici per l’istruzione superiore ha dato luogo a molte discussioni. Gran parte degli studi di economia dell’istruzione ne ha messo in evidenza la giustificazione economica, basata sulla presenza di effetti esterni derivanti da una maggiore istruzione. Tuttavia, perchè queste argomentazioni possano valere, è necessario che ricorrano due condizioni: che i benefici esterni siano marginali e che non possano essere internalizzati. Peraltro, la spiegazione del massiccio ricorso al finanziamento pubblico dell’istruzione superiore richiede altre argomentazioni. Tra queste sembra interessante l’impostazione secondo cui l’istruzione superiore è soggetta a due t…

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