The objective of the present study is two-fold. Firstly, to assess the impact of air access liberalization on tourism demand for Mauritius and secondly to analyze the dual impact of the interplay between air access liberalization and marketing…
This study analyses the effects of terrorism on tourism demand in Mauritius for the period of 1983 to 2015. It uses a dynamic time series econometric approach namely an ARDL framework to investigate the hypothesized link. The results reveal that in…
This paper investigates the impact of FDI on domestic capital accumulation in 20 African countries for the period 2001 to 2015.The research uses a Panel Vector Autoregressive framework which accounts for possibility of both dynamism and endogeneity…
The present study aims at investigating the underlying elements influencing the productivity and exchange rate nexus within a meta-analysis framework. In particular, on the
basis of the literature available, a thorough examination of our data set is…
This chapter introduces the reader to secondary data analysis. It starts by familiarizing the researcher with simple regression specifications and models after analyzing
multivariate models. Time series, cross-section, and panel data analysis are…
Although there exists a large strand of the empirical literature which focused on the impact of tourism development on the economic growth of countries (and assuming that growth will trickle down to assist in poverty alleviation), however, empirical…
This book reviews the theoretical underpinning of the FDI–tourism nexus and the empirical work on the topic. It also identifies literature gaps and makes a number of recommendations for future research.
The idea that international trade is an engine of economic growth dates from long back, and even now an overwhelming body of literature affirms a strong and positive link between trade liberalization and economic development. However, most of these…
In line with global frameworks, the EU unilaterally decided to reduce the price of its imported sugar, under the ACP-EU Agreement, by 36%. This decision eventually would affect the macro-economic situation of ACP countries. At a micro level the…
We employ a gravity framework to evaluate the importance of transport infrastructure in determining the tourism attractiveness of destinations. The analysis is based on a panel data set of bilateral tourism flows among 28 countries over the decade…