Promoting the sustainable economic development along the “Belt and Road Initiative”(BRI)
requires to identify the driving force of total factor productivity (TFP) with the constrains of …

Annual seasonal variations in tourism demand have been a central theme in literature.
However, annual seasonality is not the only time-based inequality in tourism flows that has …

This study examines the relationship between tourism and the income inequality in top 43
tourist arrival countries by using the data over the period of 1995–2015. We have applied …

The previous research has suggested that the existence of technology disparities reduces a
contribution of environmental technological progress to combat various environmental …

Based on the 2012 data from 116 resource-based cities in China, this paper measures
efficiency in resource-based cities by using the super-SBM model, analyzes the differences …

Industrial spatial agglomeration is the most prominent geographical feature of economic
activities. This paper examined the current situation of manufacturing industry agglomeration …

The evaluation of balanced regional development should consider not only the economic
and ecological benefits but also regional differences. A nongrouped Gini index is …

Abstract The Yangtze River Delta (YRD) is the most developed area in China attracting
global attention. Noting that the concentration ratio (CR (n)), Herfindahl-Hirschman Index …

Advanced tracking technologies have facilitated the tracking of tourists' movement with high
levels of spatial resolution, allowing for the exploration of factors that influence dispersal …

This article analyzes cruise tourism seasonality in Southern Europe, assessing the seasonal
concentration levels by means of the Gini index. The additive decomposition of this index is …