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    Conflicts battlefields indigenous peoples and tourism addressing dissonant heritage

    Description The purpose of this paper is to examine the omission of Indigenous narratives in battlefields and sites of conflicts while also highlighting how certain battlefields and sites of conflicts have attempted to address dissonant heritage by diversifying interpretation strategies and...
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    Bridging risk management perceptions and processes

    Description The purpose of this paper is to analyze two studies pertaining to the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington DC, to gain a better understanding of risk management perceptions and processes as applied to urban cores that consistently host tourists and special events...
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    Tourism shopping in rural markets a case study in rural Iowa

    Description This study aims to focus on the unique challenges of retail service delivery in rural tourism markets. This paper specifically seeks to address: factors attracting individuals to a rural tourism community; factors motivating resident and tourist customers to engage in tourism...
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    Marketing of tourism a paradigm shift toward sustainability

    Description The purpose of this paper is to suggest a shift in the tourism marketing paradigm away from economic profit priorities toward sustainability. The sustainability approach adopts a holistic, integrated view of marketing, considering social equity, environmental protection, and economic...
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    Tourist shoppers satisfaction with regional shopping mall experiences

    Description The purpose of this paper is to assess whether tourist shopper segments are an attractive market for shopping centers. This research aims to explore whether or not tourist shoppers are more satisfied than resident shoppers with their shopping experience and whether tourist shoppers...
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    The darker side of the servicescape investigating the Bali Syndrome

    Description The purpose of this paper is to explore whether tourists in Hawaii experience the Bali Syndrome. The Bali Syndrome suggests that tourists in Polynesian destinations experience artificial cultures. To explore the syndrome, the paper investigates whether tourists are interested in...
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    Safety concerns of international shoppers in Las Vegas

    Description This study seeks to assess international tourists’ perception of safety while shopping in the USA, using Las Vegas as the study site. Over recent years, Las Vegas became an international destination for visitors from the Asia-Pacific region to celebrate Chinese New Year. In February...
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    The watch as cultural icon

    Description To explore the evolution and function of the wristwatch as a contemporary cultural icon. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research The watch as cultural icon Dennis R. Hall Article information: To cite this document: Dennis R. Hall, (2008),"The watch as...
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    Segmenting tourists by direct tourism expenditures at new festivals

    Description The purpose of this paper is to develop a method for estimating new direct tourism spending resulting from a new event in an existing destination International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Segmenting tourists by direct tourism expenditures at new festivals L...
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    Short sell moratorium effects on regional bank performance

    Description The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of the 2008 SEC short-sell moratorium on regional bank risk and return. The paper also examines the decline in “failures to deliver” securities in the wake of SEC short-sell moratorium. Journal of Financial Economic Policy...
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    Government intervention in Russian bourse a case of financial contagion

    Description In September-October 2008 the Russian stock markets came under severe strain amidst the global financial crisis. During this time the Russian government intervened several times to halt the trade to impede the continuous slide. The government justified its actions owing to the...
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    Application of logit model and self organizing maps SOMs for the prediction of financial

    Description The purpose of this paper is to examine two different approaches in the prediction of the economic recession periods in the US economy Journal of Financial Economic Policy Application of logit model and self-organizing maps (SOMs) for the prediction of financial crisis periods in US...
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    The Fed and the ECB why such an apparent difference in reactivity

    Description The purpose of this paper is to try to understand the reasons for the differences in amplitude of monetary policy (MP) rate cycles in the USA and the euro area. Among the different candidates, the paper aims to test the role of economic structures, macroeconomic shocks, and MP...
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    Global financial system reform the Dodd Frank Act and the G20 agenda

    Description The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 is the keystone policy response directed at reforming US financial system activities and oversight in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The USA also has financial system reform policy commitments in the international arena, including in particular...
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    Effects of banks on debt sensitive small businesses

    Description The purpose of this paper is to identify which small businesses are most “debt sensitive”, or most likely to be affected by banking market conditions Journal of Financial Economic Policy Effects of banks on “debt-sensitive” small businesses Allen N. Berger Philip Ostromogolsky...
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    Flips flops and foreclosures anatomy of a real estate bubble

    Description This paper aims to examine the anatomy of a real estate bubble. In the process, the paper identifies three phases of the market’s evolution: flips, flops and foreclosures. An examination of the Las Vegas real estate market illustrates the three phases. Journal of Financial Economic...
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    The revised future of financial markets

    Description The purpose of this paper is to evaluate recent financial system reforms in the USA by placing them in the context of major structural trends currently underway in the markets, due to technology and globalization of trading. Journal of Financial Economic Policy The (revised) future...
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    Regulating noisy short selling of troubled firms

    Description The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficacy of recent policy initiatives taken by the US Securities and Exchange Commission banning naked “short-selling” of specific financial stocks. The paper also considers the merits of reinstating “uptick rule” 10a-1, which prohibits...
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    Contagion channels of the USA subprime financial crisis

    Description The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically contagion channels of the 2007 US subprime financial crisis by employing a multivariate GARCH model for four major, international equity markets, namely the USA, EMU, China and Japan. Journal of Financial Economic Policy...
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    The political regulatory and market failures that caused the US financial crisis

    Description The purpose of this paper is to discuss the key regulatory, market, and political failures that led to the 2008-2009 US financial crisis and to suggest appropriate recommendations for reform. Journal of Financial Economic Policy The political, regulatory, and market failures that...
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