mkanazaw
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Retail category: souvenirs?
For my study of tourism, we queried a set of respondents regarding their expenditures in different categories of spending. One of these questions asked about souvenirs they purchased. I do not se...
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Hotels vs. Bed-and-Breakfasts
In the IMPLAN categories of accommodations, there are two code numbers: 499(Hotels and motels, including casino hotels), and 500(other accommodations). For a study I am doing, I have collected tou...
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Interpretation of Output
When doing an industry change analysis with multiple events, I am getting what seems like a strange result: the output number I get for one event category is way smaller than the original expenditu...
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Car rental expenditures
In an industry spending analysis, what would be the appropriate category for vacation car rentals? Would it be 3362: Automotive equipment rental, or 3320: Retail sales: Motor vehicle and parts? ...
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Substitution Effects
In reading IMPLAN-based studies of tourism, often the consumers are divided up into two groups: locals, and tourists coming in from outside. When assessing the impacts of spending by locals, the a...