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Evaluating the Impact of Crime on Tourism in Barbados: A Transfer Function Approach
Get PDFThe impact of crime on tourism to Barbados was examined using a transfer function approach. Results indicate that an increase in the overall crime rate has a negative and significant impact on
arrivals to the island, and the fall-off is delayed, starting 6 months after a one-unit increase in the crime rate. The impulse response function shows that a 1% shock to crime reduces arrivals to Barbados, but takes about 20 months for arrivals to return to normalcy. This results in direct income losses of US108,000. Impacts for murder, assault with intent to rob, rape, and residential burglary rates were also investigated. Qualitatively, the results resemble those for the overall crime rate; however, the magnitudes of the impacts are greater and income losses are generally in the millions. Given the country’s dependence on tourism receipts to sustain its current
account, shocks to the crime rate can lead to balance of payment problems. Since there is a lag before the impact of increases in crime takes its full toll on arrivals, it is advised that at the first sign
of heightened criminal activity policy makers should act to minimize losses
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Tourism-Dependent Small States: Innovation, Adaptation and the Search for Balance
Get PDFTourism-dependent small states offer valuable insights into sustainability, resilience, cultural identity and crisis management. With limited resources, fragile ecosystems and undiversified economies, these states face challenges that amplify global tourism debates. This essay synthesises small state theory, tourism development theories, the sustainability framework, the cultural preservation and identity framework and crisis management strategies to highlight how small states provide scalable solutions for global tourism challenges, offering lessons in adaptive governance, sustainable tourism development and cultural resilience. Case studies from Bhutan, Barbados, Dominica, Fiji, Seychelles, Palau and Samoa illustrate innovative policies in high-value tourism, environmental conservation, cultural protection and disaster resilience. Their experiences challenge conventional tourism growth models, emphasising sustainability over mass expansion
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Economic Growth and Tourism in Barbados: A Test of the Supply-side Hypothesis
Get PDFThe goal of this study is to examine the supply side hypothesis of tourism demand, that is, to answer the question: Does economic growth in Barbados spur tourism growth. Results suggest that there is a long-run relationship between real GDP in Barbados and tourist arrivals. Specifically, we find that a 1% expansion in real GDP is associated with a 1.2% increase in tourist arrivals. Further, our Granger causality test suggests that the supply-side hypothesis is valid for Barbados
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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