 Tourism Taxation: Good or Bad for Cities?Bianca Biagi (), Maria Brandano and Manuela Pulina A chapter in Regional Science Perspectives on Tourism and Hospitality, 2021, pp 477-505 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter provides an overview of tourism taxation and explores the extent to which a tourism tax on overnight stays has an impact on domestic and international tourism demand. The analysis employs a policy evaluation technique, the synthetic control method (SCM) developed by (Abadie and Gardeazabal, American Economic Review 93:112–132, 2003), which has rarely been employed within the tourism sector. As a case study, three well-known Italian cities are considered, including Rome, Florence, and Padua. The effects exerted by the policy intervention on tourism flows are evaluated on a panel of cities considering the time span from 2008 up to 2014. In line with other studies, overall, the SCM and the placebo analyses show that the public intervention on tourism demand, evaluated with three different indicators of tourist overnight stays, arrivals, and average length of stay, has not had a specific effect. Keywords: Synthetic control method; Tourism taxation; Policy evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-030-61274-0_23 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-61274-0_23 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Advances in Spatial Science from Springer |
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