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Do marketing promotion efforts in the tourism industry really matter? The case of Mauritius
Get PDFResearch on the determinant of international tourism has so far neglected tourism promotion
efforts as a potential factor in the tourism demand equation. Moreover the few studies focused
exclusively on developed country cases and till now no studies have been undertaken for small
island states for which tourism accounts significantly to their economies. Research works have
also failed to adequately investigate the time series properties of the data. The paper thus attempts to fill in the above gaps in and add new insights to the literature by focusing on the contribution of tourism promotion efforts on tourist arrival for the case of the small island state of Mauritius using an ARDL approach. Analysis of the results reveals that tourism marketing and promotion is indeed a significant element, though as not as sizeable as other classical ones, in the tourism equation
“Visa 485 lives matter”: Digital activism of Indian ‘Australian-international’ students during the covid-19 pandemic
No full textThis paper critically analyses the experiences of Indian international students who were confined in India during the COVID-19 pandemic and the problems they faced when they were trying to go back to Australia to continue their studies or, undertake post-study work. The COVID-19 pandemic, which made many international students (including Indian students) return home, has highlighted both the financial risks to the students and to the host Australian tertiary sector's reliance on full-fee-paying international students. The impact of the likely loss of revenue and the fall in international student enrolment will have on the revival of the tertiary sector has received considerable attention from academics and other stakeholders. Less attention has been paid to the challenges of the international students who had to leave Australia during the pandemic and were "stuck" because of closed international borders. As the students were trying to convey their concerns to the Australian government, they launched the "VISA 485 Lives Matter" digital activism on different social media platforms. Methodologically, this study is based on digital ethnography of student activism using online social media platforms to document the real-world experiences of these “stranded`” Indian international students
New evidences on the link between public capital and economic growth from a small island economy
Get PDFThe contribution of public capital on economic growth has been the focus of only few studies and has to date focused mainly on developed countries. Moreover it is only lately that the link has been analysed in a dynamic framework, allowing for feedback effects. The empirical literature has hardly dealt with small economies such as Mauritius. The present paper builds on a production function approach, using a unique time series dataset over the period 1950 – 2000, to derive the association between public capital and economic performance and economic growth for Mauritius. Given the non-stationary characteristics of the data, a vector-error-correction mechanism (VECM) is used to model the dynamics. Public capital is shown to have significantly contributed to Mauritian economic performance. Moreover results suggest that there may be indirect effects via private capital accumulation as well
Prioritizing mental health and well-being of university students survey findings from India
No full textThis paper focuses on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and well-being of Indian students pursuing undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate education in private higher education institutions in India. The paper maps the experiences of students by analyzing the data collected in the Spring of 2021 through the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) COVID-19 Survey designed by the SERU Consortium at the University of California, Berkeley, and adapted to the Indian higher educational context by the Centre for Comparative and Global Education under the aegis of the International Institute for Higher Education Research and Capacity Building at O.P. Jindal Global University. The analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data indicates that HEIs need to take innovative measures to contain the adverse impact of the pandemic on the mental health and well-being of learners
On the link between urban infrastructure and poverty: evidence from Africa using GMM estimates
No full textCapital structure and the firm performance nexus: the moderating and mediating roles of agency cost
Get PDFJournal Article, Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius and North-West University, Vanderbijlpark,Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the linear and non-linear relationship between capital structure (CS) and firm performance (FP) and the moderating and mediating roles of agency costs in the CS-FP nexus.
Design/methodology/approach
This study used static and quadratic panel data regression models to examine the linear and non-linear relationships and structured equation models to analyze the mediating effect of agency costs in the CS-FP nexus of 38 listed non-financial Mauritian firms from 2009 to 2019.
Findings
Leverage has a significant negative effect on FP supporting the pecking order theory. Agency costs are significantly and positively associated with FP. There is a strong non-linear relationship between leverage and FP supporting the trade-off and agency cost theories. Agency costs are an important moderator and mediator in the CS-FP nexus. Overall, the sensitivity analyses showed that the results were robust.
Practical implications
Firms need to carefully consider the levels and types of debt and equity in their CS involving the use of dynamic strategies to adjust CS in response to changing economic conditions and FP. The moderating effect of agency costs may guide firms in optimizing CS and may contribute to corporate governance discussions, emphasizing the importance of aligning interests to foster sustainable business practices.
Originality/value
This study adds to the extant literature by providing new evidence on the non-linear relationship between leverage and FP and the moderating and mediating roles of agency costs in the CS-FP nexus in emerging capital markets, where such studies are rare
Destination Satisfaction and Revisit Intention of Tourists: Does the Quality of Airport Services Matter?
No full textThis study focuses on the link between tourists’ satisfaction with the quality of airport services at a destination and their intention to revisit. The influence of tourists’ overall satisfaction with a destination on their behavioral intentions has been well established both at theoretical and empirical levels; however, the particular role of satisfaction with airport services has been so far largely neglected. Researchers have recognized the vital importance of tourists’ experience with airport services because of the fact that the airport is the first and last encounter that they experience when visiting a country. As such, the focus of the present study pertains to evaluating the satisfaction level of tourists visiting Mauritius and examining its resulting effect on their behavioral intentions. The study uses the survey methodology for data collection and involved the distribution of self-administered questionnaires to a sample of 1,721 tourists at the SSR airport in Mauritius. Exploratory factor analysis is used to extract meaningful dimensions of airport services and a multinomial probit analysis is conducted to test for the impact of satisfaction with airport services on revisit intention while taking into account other control variables. Interestingly, airport services are seen to significantly influence the probability of repeat tourism.Full Tex
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