Sustainable Development for Small Economy and Diversification from a Dominant Industry: Evidence from Macao

Fei Choi, Chi Tin Hon, Yan Hua Mao and Ivan Ka Wai Lai
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Fei Choi: School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China
Chi Tin Hon: Macau Institute of Systems Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, China
Yan Hua Mao: The Center for Studies of Hong Kong, Macao and Pearl River Delta, Institute of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Development Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China
Ivan Ka Wai Lai: Faculty of International Tourism and Management, City University of Macau, Avenida Padre Tomás Pereira, Taipa 999078, Macau, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-17

Abstract: While the Macao gambling industry has developed prosperously, its rapid development raises a problem of economic dependence on gambling that restricts economic diversification and causes a sustainable issue of non-gambling industries. In recent years, regulating and controlling the appropriate scale of the gambling industry have been regarded as a solution for sustainable economic development. Consequently, it is quite important to give a quantitative scale to the future development of the gambling industry. This study aims to estimate the appropriate scale of the gambling industry under the expectation of the optimal development of moderate economic diversification in Macao. This study employs the method of Measuring Economic Diversification in Hawaii in 2011 to evaluate the levels of diversification of Macao’s economy. A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) efficiency calculated by a bootstrapping model is applied to obtain the operational efficiency of Macao’s gambling industry. A transition probability matrix in three scenarios is predicted by expert interviews and industry interviews. The appropriate scale of Macao’s gambling industry until 2021 is forecasted by Markov chain. The predicted result shows that the growth rate of gambling will not exceed 3% in terms of achieving the goal of optimal developing moderate economic diversification in Macao.

Keywords: sustainability; gambling industry; economic diversification; dominant industry; Macao (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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