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Effects of the October 2013 U.S. Federal government shutdown on National Park gateway communities: the case of Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, Maine

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The U.S. Federal Government experienced a shutdown that halted much of its spending and services over 16 days in October 2013. Federal government officials noted a wide variety of impacts that the shutdown had on economic activity, including a reduction in the admission fees collected by the National Park Service and losses of visitor spending in ‘gateway communities’ located near national parks and monuments. This article examines the effects of the October 2013 federal government shutdown on Acadia National Park’s gateway community of Bar Harbor, Maine. Regression results show that the 16-day shutdown is associated with a 76% reduction in Acadia visitation in October 2013 and a 13% reduction in tourism-related sales. This suggests that an estimated 17% of the potential visitors impacted by the Acadia closure cancelled their trips to Bar Harbor. This change in visitor behaviour is a reasonably large response to a short-term event such as the government shutdown.

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  • Todd Gabe, 2016. "Effects of the October 2013 U.S. Federal government shutdown on National Park gateway communities: the case of Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, Maine," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(5), pages 313-317, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:23:y:2016:i:5:p:313-317
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1071465
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    1. Jakus, Paul M. & Akhundjanov, Sherzod B., 2019. "The Antiquities Act, national monuments, and the regional economy," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 102-117.
    2. Paul M. Jakus & Sherzod B. Akhundjanov, 2018. "Neither Boon nor Bane: The Economic Effects of a Landscape-Scale National Monument," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 94(3), pages 323-339.
    3. Gabe, Todd, 2021. "Impacts of COVID-19 on Coastal Tourism in Maine: Evidence from Bar Harbor," MPRA Paper 108180, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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