Gettysburg College
Western Michigan University
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Abuja
University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
Eastern Illinois University
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development
Can Sports Gambling Become The Fount Of Revenue Consistency?,
2023
Boston College
Can Sports Gambling Become The Fount Of Revenue Consistency?, Richard A. Mcgowan
International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking
Critics of legalization of gambling maintain that gambling revenue is at best stagnate or will eventually fall as a source of revenue. The stagnation of Lottery proceeds and casino revenue as sources of revenue seemed validate this criticism. But a new source of gambling revenue has recently been championed, namely sports gambling. So, the question this paper will attempt to answer is: Can sports gambling produce consistent and growing revenue that are needed to sustain public policy initiatives?
The legalization of sports gambling in NJ occurred on June 11th, 2018 and the first bet was placed on June 14th. New …
Pandemic, Retail Sales And Local Economies: Evidence From Northeast Oklahoma,
2023
Northeastern State University
Pandemic, Retail Sales And Local Economies: Evidence From Northeast Oklahoma, Sanchari Ghosh, Brian Jackson, Ray Murphy
Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology
Early post-COVID pandemic studies focused on the macroeconomic impacts of that event on employment, income, healthcare costs, food security, etc. Yet there has been little emphasis on how changes in consumption spending patterns resulting from the pandemic affected retail sales and revenues, each of which are major contributors of growth for local economies. This study investigates these relationships by implementing retail pull and sales gap analyses to determine how non-metropolitan rural regions responded to consumption expenditures and retail sales before and after the pandemic. Using three cities of northeastern Oklahoma as a case study, retail pull factors at the city …
Breaking The Promise: The Burden Of Unfunded Liabilities On Future Generations,
2023
Liberty University
Breaking The Promise: The Burden Of Unfunded Liabilities On Future Generations, Thomas Savidge
Helm's School of Government Conference
This paper discusses the trillions of dollars in government debt accumulated by state governments as well as the costs of debt on future generations. It examines unfunded pension liabilities, unfunded other post-employment benefit (OPEB) liabilities, as well as state bonded obligations and the crowding out effect of public debt onto state budgets. The paper also discusses opportunities for reform that can help alleviate the debt burden on future generations. Data are collected from state annual comprehensive financial reports (ACFRs) as well as public pension and OPEB actuarial valuations.
The Economic Ferocity Of Policy,
2023
Liberty University
The Economic Ferocity Of Policy, Giana Depaul
Helm's School of Government Conference
Each day, as the Dow Jones rises and falls, Congress similarly passes and fails legislation. These two seemingly continuous cycles intersect to the point that the two structures appear affixed. For centuries, this has posed an age-old question: is it policy that influences the economic system or is it the economic system itself that molds policy decision-making? Renowned economist Adam Smith is famous for his works detailing the autonomous nature of the economic system. Smith views policy as only a small roadblock in the master strategy of the economic flow of life. The Great Depression and the 2008 Recession, however, …
Analyzing The Impact Of Automation On Employment In Different Us Regions: A Data-Driven Approach,
2023
California State University, San Bernardino
Analyzing The Impact Of Automation On Employment In Different Us Regions: A Data-Driven Approach, Thejaas Balasubramanian
Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations
Automation is transforming the US workforce with the increasing prevalence of technologies like robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. As a result, it is essential to understand how this shift will impact the labor market and prepare for its effects. This culminating experience project aimed to examine the influence of computerization on jobs in the United States and answer the following research questions: Q1. What factors affect how likely different jobs will be automated? Q2. What are the possible effects of automation on the US workforce across states and industries? Q3. What are the meaningful predictors of the likelihood of …
2022 Estimates - Nonresident Visitation, Expenditures, And Economic Contribution,
2023
University of Montana - Missoula
2022 Estimates - Nonresident Visitation, Expenditures, And Economic Contribution, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report is a collection of estimates of 2022 nonresident visitation to Montana, expenditures by nonresident travelers in the state, and the contribution to Montana's economy of that traveler spending. Included are estimates by full year, quarter, trip purposed, and other visitor segments.
The Montana Travel Industry - 2022 Summary,
2023
University of Montana, Missoula
The Montana Travel Industry - 2022 Summary, Melissa Weddell
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
2022 summary infographic of the Montana travel and recreation industry.
The American Dream: Living Paycheck To Paycheck,
2023
Ursinus College
The American Dream: Living Paycheck To Paycheck, Benjamin Henwood
Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics
A debate that has gained traction due to recent economic circumstances is how the United States government should raise the federal minimum wage, and if they should raise it at all. I propose the United States government should raise the federal minimum wage by implementing a living wage or tying the federal minimum wage to inflation. Implementing a living wage would benefit workers as it would cover the cost of living in their geographic area. It would also benefit employers as their employees would be getting paid according to their needs rather than being paid a blanket wage that may …
Migration And Spatial Misallocation In China,
2023
Singapore Management University
Migration And Spatial Misallocation In China, Xiaolu Li, Lin Ma, Yang Tang
Research Collection School Of Economics
We structurally estimate the firm-level frictions across prefectures in China and quantify their aggregate and distributional implications. Based on a general equi-librium model with input and output distortions and migration, we show that the firm-level frictions are less dispersed and less correlated with productivity in richer prefectures. Counterfactual exercises show that reducing the within-prefecture mis-allocation increases the aggregate welfare, discourages migration towards large cities, and narrows the spatial inequality. Moreover, internal migration alleviates the impacts of micro-frictions on aggregate welfare and worsens their impacts on spatial inequality.
Infrastructures Of Race? Colonial Indigenous Segregation And Contemporaneous Urban Sorting,
2023
William & Mary
Infrastructures Of Race? Colonial Indigenous Segregation And Contemporaneous Urban Sorting, Luis Baldomero-Quintana, Guillermo Woo-Mora, Enrique De La Rosa-Ramos
Arts & Sciences Articles
We study the impacts of a colonial segregation policy on modern-day spatial population patterns and residential sorting by human capital in Mexican cities. After the Conquest, the Spanish aimed to segregate Indigenous individuals into settlements called pueblos de indios. While the segregation policy lasted until the end of the colonial era, we use present-day census data at the block level on population, schooling and access to medical services to understand the persistent effects of pueblos on within-city structure. First, we document a spatial non-monotonic correlation between the location of the pueblos and population deagglomerations. Second, we study the causal impact …
Applications Of Travel And Tourism Research - 2023 Montana Governor's Conference,
2023
University of Montana, Missoula
Applications Of Travel And Tourism Research - 2023 Montana Governor's Conference, Melissa Weddell, Jim Auer, Matthew Pettigrew, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
2023 Montana Governor's Conference on Tourism and Recreation jointly presented session, with ITRR and MT Department of Commerce staff.
Mexico Consensus Economic Forecast, Volume 26, Number 2,
2023
University of Texas at El Paso
Mexico Consensus Economic Forecast, Volume 26, Number 2, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., Steven L. Fullerton
Border Region Modeling Project
No abstract provided.
Borderplex Business Barometer, Volume 7, Number 4,
2023
University of Texas at El Paso
Borderplex Business Barometer, Volume 7, Number 4, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., Steven L. Fullerton
Border Region Modeling Project
No abstract provided.
Perceptions Of Tourism And Quality Of Life: A Case Study In Savannah, Georgia,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Perceptions Of Tourism And Quality Of Life: A Case Study In Savannah, Georgia, Marissa J. Renee
Honors College Theses
The World Travel and Tourism Council estimates that Travel and Tourism accounted for 10.3% of the world economy in 2019 and ¼ of all net new jobs over the past five years. Savannah, Georgia has experienced huge growth in the last decade due to tourism, with visitor spending on lodging alone increasing from $466 million in 2009 to $1 billion in 2019. The current study examined differences in perceived impact of tourism on quality of life using established predictors of tourism sentiments. An online community survey was conducted in Chatham County, Georgia (N = 94) using the Tourism Quality of …
Borderplex Business Barometer, Volume 7, Number 3,
2023
University of Texas at El Paso
Borderplex Business Barometer, Volume 7, Number 3, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., Steven L. Fullerton
Border Region Modeling Project
No abstract provided.
Montana Travel Regions & Counties - Economic Contribution Of 2019/2021 Averaged Nonresident Travel Spending,
2023
The University of Montana - Missoula
Montana Travel Regions & Counties - Economic Contribution Of 2019/2021 Averaged Nonresident Travel Spending, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
Money spent by those traveling in Montana has a direct effect on businesses where spending occurs, and it ripples throughout the state's economy from there. Statewide, spending by nonresident visitors (averaged over two years - 2019 and 2021) totaled $4.48 billion. This report details the methods and results of the economic impact analyses for each of Montana's six travel regions, as well as analyses for counties in which nonresident travelers spent approximately $50 million or more.
Borderplex Business Barometer, Volume 7, Number 2,
2023
University of Texas at El Paso
Borderplex Business Barometer, Volume 7, Number 2, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., Steven L. Fullerton
Border Region Modeling Project
No abstract provided.
Analysis Of Freight Movements In The San Joaquin Valley,
2023
California State University, Fresno
Analysis Of Freight Movements In The San Joaquin Valley, Aly Tawfik, Utsav Shah
Mineta Transportation Institute Publications
Freight transportation plays a primary role in supply chains, costs, and availability of goods and is a major part of the economy. This study identifies, assesses, and utilizes different data sources to uncover and understand the patterns and movements of different types of freight in the San Joaquin Valley’s (SJV's) different counties. The San Joaquin Valley region consists of eight counties: San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, and Tulare. This research explored some major datasets with freight information, such as Global Trade Atlas (GTA), Port Imports and Exports Reporting Systems (PIERS), and Streetlight data insights for the year 2019 …
Montana Travel Experience Survey - Final Summary Report,
2023
University of Montana, Missoula
Montana Travel Experience Survey - Final Summary Report, Glenna Brown, Kara Grau, Megan Schultz
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This summary report highlights select findings from the nonresident 2021-2022 Montana Travel Experience Survey. Nonresident travelers who were interviewed by a surveyor in the state were given this survey along with the Nonresident Travel Survey after completing an in-person “Front End” survey at a gas station, rest area, or airport. Through June, 2022, 1,327 surveys were collected. Questions included topics related to visitors’ use of public lands, trip planning, and questions for first time and repeat visitors.
Montana Residents: Attitudes Towards Tourism 2022 & Resident Perceptions Of Community Disaster Preparedness,
2023
University of Montana - Missoula
Montana Residents: Attitudes Towards Tourism 2022 & Resident Perceptions Of Community Disaster Preparedness, Carter Bermingham, Megan Schultz, Matthew Pettigrew, Glenna Brown
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report is a summary of Montana residents' attitudes towards tourism within the state. Since 1992, ITRR has asked residents questions specific to their attitudes towards tourism. This study was conducted to continue tracking the perception of the tourism industry in Montana, as well as expanding the original survey to include topics such as the perceived economic benefit tourism provides to local communities, crowding at the local community level, as well as questions focused on amenities to support tourism, and disaster preparedness.
