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A Meta-analytic Comparison of Regional Output Multipliers at Different Spatial Levels: Economic Impacts of Tourism

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Spatial Economics, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Eveline S. van Leeuwen & Piet Rietveld

  2. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Peter Nijkamp

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Depto. Turismo, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira 188-198, Lisboa, 1349-001, Portugal

    Álvaro Matias

  2. Dept. Spatial Economics, Free University, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands

    Peter Nijkamp

  3. Depto. Turismo, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira 188-198, Lisboa, 1349-001, Portugal

    Manuela Sarmento

Appendices

Appendix 1: Publications Used for the Meta-analysis

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Appendix 2: Attribute Classes when Using Two Equal Classes

Decision attribute

Classes

  

Output multiplier

   

1

1.10–1.50

  

2

1.51–2.75

  

Condition attribute

Classes

Condition attribute

Classes

Population

(#)

Publication

 

1

0–323,000

1

Article

2

323,000–123,000,000

2

Report

  

3

Conference Paper

Expenditures

(Mil. $/year)

  

1

0–300

Attraction

 

2

300–13.000

1

Sun

  

2

Nature

Density

(Inh/km²)

3

Culture

1

0–50

4

Mix

2

51–4.000

  
  

Geographic

 

Year of data

(Year)

1

City

1

1980–1997

2

National Park

2

1998–2004

3

Region

  

4

Country/State

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van Leeuwen, E.S., Nijkamp, P., Rietveld, P. (2009). A Meta-analytic Comparison of Regional Output Multipliers at Different Spatial Levels: Economic Impacts of Tourism. In: Matias, Á., Nijkamp, P., Sarmento, M. (eds) Advances in Tourism Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2124-6_2

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