Browsing by Author "Harb, Georges"
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Harnessing cross-region disparities to assess the impact of tourism on regional growth in Europe
Harb, Georges; Bassil, Charbel ( Taylor & Francis , 2020 , Article)We use regional data across 27 European countries and look into the effect of tourist arrivals on regional growth during 2000–2017. The research is set in an augmented Solow model estimated via a rich and flexible empirical ... -
Terrorism and inbound tourism: Does immigration have a moderating effect?
Harb, Georges; Bassil, Charbel ( SAGE , 2019 , Article)This article investigates the impact of terrorism on bilateral tourism flows within the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. It also examines the moderation effect of immigration in the destination ... -
TFP in the Manufacturing Sector: Long-Term Dynamics, Country and Regional Comparative Analysis
Harb, Georges; Bassil, Charbel ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)We employ a recent empirical strategy to estimate country-specific and time-varying total factor productivity (TFP) levels for the manufacturing sector of 63 countries over 40 years. The methodology is based on estimated ... -
Tourism and productivity in NUTS regions: revisiting the tourism-led-efficiency hypothesis
Harb, Georges; Bassil, Charbel; Al Daia, Roula ( Taylor & Francis , 2024 , Article)We employ data on 155 NUTS regions over 1996–2018 and assess the relationship between tourism and regional total factor productivity (TFP). We expand in two directions the literature on the Tourism-Led-Efficiency hypothesis ...