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Tourism Taxation: Good or Bad for Cities?

In: Regional Science Perspectives on Tourism and Hospitality

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  • Bianca Biagi

    (University of Sassari and CRENoS
    Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences)

  • Maria Giovanna Brandano

    (Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences
    Gran Sasso Science Institute-L’Aquila)

  • Manuela Pulina

    (University of Sassari and CRENoS)

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of tourism taxation and explores the extent to which a tourism tax on overnight stays has an impact on domestic and international tourism demand. The analysis employs a policy evaluation technique, the synthetic control method (SCM) developed by (Abadie and Gardeazabal, American Economic Review 93:112–132, 2003), which has rarely been employed within the tourism sector. As a case study, three well-known Italian cities are considered, including Rome, Florence, and Padua. The effects exerted by the policy intervention on tourism flows are evaluated on a panel of cities considering the time span from 2008 up to 2014. In line with other studies, overall, the SCM and the placebo analyses show that the public intervention on tourism demand, evaluated with three different indicators of tourist overnight stays, arrivals, and average length of stay, has not had a specific effect.

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  • Bianca Biagi & Maria Giovanna Brandano & Manuela Pulina, 2021. "Tourism Taxation: Good or Bad for Cities?," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Mauro Ferrante & Oliver Fritz & Özge Öner (ed.), Regional Science Perspectives on Tourism and Hospitality, edition 1, pages 477-505, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-030-61274-0_23
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-61274-0_23
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    1. Darko B. Vuković & Moinak Maiti & Marko D. Petrović, 2023. "Tourism Employment and Economic Growth: Dynamic Panel Threshold Analysis," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-14, February.

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    Keywords

    Synthetic control method; Tourism taxation; Policy evaluation;
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    JEL classification:

    • D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy

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