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Firm Demography in the Accommodation Industry. Evidence from Italian Insular Regions

Davide PiacentinoGiuseppe EspaDiego GiulianiMaria Francesca Cracolici

subject

business.industryfirm demographySpatial distributionItalian insular regions.GeographySurvival probabilityaccommodation industryPeriod (geology)Common spatial patternStatistical dispersionPhysical geographybusinessAccommodationTourism

description

The purpose of this study is to analyse the spatial pattern and the post-entry performance of tourism businesses in the Italian insular regions of Sardinia and Sicily. Using geo-referenced micro-data for the period 2011-2014, we explore the spatial distribution of ac-commodation firms in the two insular regions, and then compare the coastal and inland areas of the two regions. We observe a higher dispersion of firms in Sardinia than in Sicily; the latter, however having a higher concentration of firms in coastal and urban areas. We do not find significant differences in survival probability across the two insular regions but we do detect significant differences be-tween coastal and inland areas in Sicily.

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2020-12-17
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61274-0_4