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In recent years, the notion of place attachment has become one of the most engaging topics for tourism marketing researchers. Despite increased attention by researchers, little attention has been given to the relationship between destination image and place attachment. Few studies have examined the influence of various factors of destination image on place attachment. These factors are important because destination managers and administrators need to make substantial efforts to establish a positive image of their resort to attract potential visitors. We developed and tested three models to define the multitude of factors that affect the place attachment of a tourist resort. The study was conducted using a multi-dimensional survey. Using structural model to test relative hypothesis, the results of this research are presented. The study's practical implications and limitations are also discussed.

"Investment is the fundamental source of firm value and economic growth." (Hanlon and Heitzman, 2010, p. 147) Firms decide on investments based on the expected future cash flows. Since existing tax systems are not decision-neutral, a rational decisionmaker includes tax payments in his decision calculus when choosing between tax-relevant investments. It is not sufficient to only use the statutory tax rate in order to determine the effective tax burden of an investment project. Instead, it is additionally of importance to consider aspects of the tax base. One aspect of the tax system which re...

"Investment is the fundamental source of firm value and economic growth." (Hanlon and Heitzman, 2010, p. 147) Firms decide on investments based on the expected future cash flows. Since existing tax systems are not decision-neutral, a rational decisionmaker includes tax payments in his decision calculus when choosing between tax-relevant investments. It is not sufficient to only use the statutory tax rate in order to determine the effective tax burden of an investment project. Instead, it is additionally of importance to consider aspects of the tax base. One aspect of the tax system which re...

Many studies have sought to gauge the impact of population growth on economic growth. A well‐known stylized fact of this literature is that the estimated effects of population growth measures on economic growth are not robust, varying between being positive, negative, and insignificantly different from zero. The present study analyzes 471 statistical regressions from 29 prominent economic growth studies using meta‐regression analysis to identify the effect of alternative methodologies on key population growth results. This study finds that a broad set of methodological factors explains more than half of the variation in the population growth effects observed from this literature, including the types of variables used to measure population growth, the countries selected, the time frame of the analysis, and the nature of the control variables specified. The study also yields results that have implications for policymakers, especially insofar as several policy factors seem to influence the population change–economic growth nexus. Particularly strong is the evidence in support of the increasingly adverse effects of population growth in the post‐1980 period, suggesting that demographic issues should warrant greater attention than they currently receive from the policymaking community.

Access to and use of health services are concerns in poor countries. If implemented correctly, health insurance may help solve these concerns. Due to selection and omitted variable bias, however, it is difficult to determine whether joining an insurance scheme improves medical care–seeking behaviors. This paper uses representative data for the whole country of Ghana and an instrumental variable approach to estimate the causal impact on healthcare use of participating in Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme. Idiosyncratic variations in membership rules at the district level provide exogenous variation in enrollment. The instrument is the existence of nonstandard verification methods to allow enrollment of children. Using the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey and a census of all district insurance offices, this paper finds that insurance membership increases the probability of (1) seeking higher-quality (but no greater quantity of) maternal services and (2) parents' becoming more active users of child curative care. Instrumental variable estimates are larger than ordinary least squares ones, indicating that "compliers" have much higher returns to being insured than the average participant. Results are robust to several validity checks; this paper shows that the instrument is indeed idiosyncratic and proves that government officials did not establish less-cumbersome membership rules in districts with worse initial indicators. ; Non-PR ; IFPRI1; GSSP; B Promoting healthy food systems; B.1 Integrated Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Programs and Policies; E Building Resilience; E.2 Policies, Institutions and investments for resilient ecosystems ; DSGD

This article provides a comparative analysis of the contents of two parliamentary hearings on BSE carried out in Portugal in 1993 and 1996 as instances of interaction between science and politics. One question to be addressed is the extent to which relationships between science and politics in Portugal as a so-called "semiperipheral society" differ from those of more advanced states, and how one can possibly explain those differences. Another issue to be considered is whether the Europeanization of BSE crisis after March 1996 has played a role and, if so, what role in the evolution of the attitudes and behavior of Portuguese policy makers toward science and toward risk. The question is whether political and administrative culture is changing in Portugal under the effect of both the Europeanization of regulatory processes and the emergence of a "risk society."

The United Kingdom has played a prominent role in the Common Fisheries Policy—by contributing to fisheries activities and also by participating in the design of the fisheries policy. Brexit is certain to have significant repercussions for European fisheries activities and their management. This study analyses the views held by companies linked to the fisheries sector in Galicia (fishing, wholesale trade, canned fish, aquaculture, and fish processing), one of the European regions most affected by Brexit given that more than 80% of the Spanish fishing fleet working on UK waters is located in this region. We adopt a quantitative methodology based on the Pearson's chi-squared test, the likelihood ratio, and the Fisher's exact test for analyzing opinions about various topics. Results indicate that companies engaged in marine fisheries or trade in fishing goods hold a mostly negative view of Brexit's effects. In total, 30% of those surveyed anticipate that Brexit will have negative consequences for EU workers in UK fishery companies; a slightly higher percentage of these respondents expect the United Kingdom's exit from the EU to depress Spain's foreign trade; over half of those surveyed perceived Brexit as resulting in the adverse scenario of reduced access to fisheries' resources and were in favor of reformulating the current system of total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas among the remaining post-Brexit member states. Most respondents also agreed that Brexit will have negative repercussions on vessels of the Galician fleet operating under the British flag. Our statistical analysis identifies a significant relationship between negative attitudes and the firm's size for fisheries' sectors as a whole; however, no relation between those attitudes and firm size or turnover is identified when the particular fishing companies' perceptions are evaluated. ; FEDER y Xunta de Galicia | Ref. (ED431C2018/48 and ED431E2018/07) ; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad | Ref. RTI2018-099225-B-100)

The United Kingdom has played a prominent role in the Common Fisheries Policy—by contributing to fisheries activities and also by participating in the design of the fisheries policy. Brexit is certain to have significant repercussions for European fisheries activities and their management. This study analyses the views held by companies linked to the fisheries sector in Galicia (fishing, wholesale trade, canned fish, aquaculture, and fish processing), one of the European regions most affected by Brexit given that more than 80% of the Spanish fishing fleet working on UK waters is located in this region. We adopt a quantitative methodology based on the Pearson's chi-squared test, the likelihood ratio, and the Fisher's exact test for analyzing opinions about various topics. Results indicate that companies engaged in marine fisheries or trade in fishing goods hold a mostly negative view of Brexit's effects. In total, 30% of those surveyed anticipate that Brexit will have negative consequences for EU workers in UK fishery companies; a slightly higher percentage of these respondents expect the United Kingdom's exit from the EU to depress Spain's foreign trade; over half of those surveyed perceived Brexit as resulting in the adverse scenario of reduced access to fisheries' resources and were in favor of reformulating the current system of total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas among the remaining post-Brexit member states. Most respondents also agreed that Brexit will have negative repercussions on vessels of the Galician fleet operating under the British flag. Our statistical analysis identifies a significant relationship between negative attitudes and the firm's size for fisheries' sectors as a whole; however, no relation between those attitudes and firm size or turnover is identified when the particular fishing companies' perceptions are evaluated. ; FEDER y Xunta de Galicia | Ref. (ED431C2018/48 and ED431E2018/07) ; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad | Ref. RTI2018-099225-B-100)