How New Airport Infrastructure Promotes Tourism: Evidence from a Synthetic Control Approach in German Regions
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- Luisa Doerr & Florian Dorn & Stefanie Gaebler & Niklas Potrafke, 2020. "How new airport infrastructure promotes tourism: evidence from a synthetic control approach in German regions," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(10), pages 1402-1412, October.
- Doerr, Luisa & Dorn, Florian & Gaebler, Stefanie & Potrafke, Niklas, 2020. "How new airport infrastructure promotes tourism: evidence from a synthetic control approach in German regions," EconStor Open Access Articles, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 1402-1412.
- Luisa Dörr & Florian Dorn & Stefanie Gäbler & Niklas Potrafke, 2019. "How New Airport Infrastructure Promotes Tourism: Evidence from a Synthetic Control Approach in German Regions," ifo Working Paper Series 318, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
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airports; tourism; regional development; transportation infrastructure; synthetic control method;JEL classification:
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- Z38 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - Policy
- L93 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Air Transportation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2020-02-10 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-GEO-2020-02-10 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-TRE-2020-02-10 (Transport Economics)
- NEP-TUR-2020-02-10 (Tourism Economics)
- NEP-URE-2020-02-10 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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