This article on regional economic diversity addresses several issues:(1) theoretical
foundations for arguments forwarding increased economic diversity as a development …

Seasonality is one of the most problematic but least understood aspects of tourism. Many
destinations are suffering from this phenomenon every year, yet limited efforts have been …

Regional scientists have long attempted to develop meaningful definitions and measures of
economic diversity and diversification, and to establish functional relationships between …

The global value of trading in index futures is about $20 trillion per year and rising and for
many countries the value traded is similar to that traded on their stock markets. This book …

Extant tourism research has used various portfolio model types to determine optimal tourist
market mixes which simultaneously maximize total tourist expenditure and minimise the …

The primary objective of this research was to evaluate the attractiveness of travel activity
segments to assist with target market selection. Prior studies evaluating segment …

This study applied a financial portfolio theory to estimate optimal market mixes to minimize
the instability of inbound tourist market demand. An empirical analysis was applied to …

Predictions of the portfolio model of the economy are tested using regional growth data from
Europe. It is shown that more aggregated regions of Europe tend to be more economically …

This analysis challenges claims that regime type determines national economic
performance, and hypothesizes that the level of public deliberation, rather than broad …

National and regional employment patterns are subject to growth‐instability tradeoffs. This
paper applies the portfolio selection model to detailed employment data for the US economy …