Blar i USN Open Archive på forfatter "Falk, Martin Thomas"
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20 Years of Nordic tourism economics research: a review and future research agenda
Falk, Martin Thomas; Tveteraas, Sigbjørn Landazuri; Xie, Jinghua (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The number of economics-related articles in the Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism (SJHT) has recently increased considerably. Despite this increase, the research efforts of Nordic economists on tourism issues ... -
Assessing different measures of fire risk for Cultural World Heritage Sites
Falk, Martin Thomas; Hagsten, Eva Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study aims to assess whether two publicly available sources of fire threats to 346 Cultural World Heritage Sites across Europe substitute or complement each other. By doing so, a novel measure based on information ... -
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage activities and sustainability reporting by oil and gas companies
Kobakhidze, Nino; Balasubramanian, Rahulnath (Master thesis, 2023)The thesis focuses on the oil and gas sector, which significantly contributes to releasing greenhouse gases that threaten the environment and fuel global warming. This research provides a critical overview of global and ... -
Characteristics of Middle European Holiday Highfliers
Falk, Martin Thomas; Hagsten, Eva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article estimates a count-data model on the flight behaviour of Austrian holiday-makers based on information from a large representative quarterly survey spanning the years 2014–2016. On average, the number of holiday ... -
Determinants of CO2 emissions generated by air travel vary across reasons for the trip
Falk, Martin Thomas; Hagsten, Eva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This study estimates factors of importance for the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions generated by travellers flying for different reasons based on representative Austrian micro data for the period 2014–2016. The ... -
Effects of price model copycats in the ski industry
Falk, Martin Thomas; Miriam, Scaglione (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article investigates the impact of the introduction of a greatly reduced seasonal ski pass for overnight stays in winter destinations. The analysis covers 59 winter sports destinations in Switzerland for the winter ... -
Effects of regulations on the Airbnb market in Geneva
Falk, Martin Thomas; Scaglione, Miriam (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study examines the impact of regulations on the supply and performance of Airbnb rentals in Geneva by focusing on the role of substitution effects between fully rented accommodations and individual rooms. A ... -
Evaluation criteria versus firm characteristics as determinants of public R&D funding
Falk, Martin Thomas; Svensson, Roger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This study provides new empirical evidence regarding the relevance of evaluation criteria and firm characteristics for public R&D funding decisions. The database used contains both accepted and rejected R&D project proposals, ... -
Exploring the Determinants for Public Sector Innovation across National Borders. A holistic approach to the Interdependencies of the Factors for Public Sector Innovations and the national context.
Kvale, Heidi Elise Heitun (Master thesis, 2023)Purpose – The public sector makes an essential contribution to achieving the sustainability development goals (SDGs). At the same time, it faces increasingly complex challenges due to demographic change, climate crisis, ... -
High regional economic activity repels domestic tourism during summer of pandemic
Falk, Martin Thomas; Hagsten, Eva; Lin, Xiang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This study investigates empirically how the regional economic activity, measured as the agglomeration of establishments, affects domestic travel and tourism flows during the COVID-19 summer of 2020. Domestic tourism flows ... -
Hotels benefit from stricter regulations on short-term rentals in European cities
Falk, Martin Thomas; Yang, Yang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The aim of this study is to examine whether the introduction of stricter rules on short-term rentals (STRs) in some European cities will have an impact on hotel overnight stays. The treatment group consists of cities with ... -
Impact of high-speed broadband access on local establishment dynamics
Falk, Martin Thomas; Hagsten, Eva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between high-speed fibre broadband access and establishment dynamics at the municipality level. Special emphasis is placed on micro as well as on small and medium-sized ... -
Importance of temporary and permanent snow for new second homes
Falk, Martin Thomas; Hagsten, Eva Marie; Lin, Xiang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study investigates empirically how natural snow depth and permanent snow affect the number of new second homes in Norway. One out of four Norwegian municipalities is partly covered by glaciers and permanent snow. In ... -
In times of restricted mobility: Cancel, change date or change format of tourism conferences
Falk, Martin Thomas; Hagsten, Eva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The aim of this article is to examine how tourism conference organizers react to the restricted mobility incurred by the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Do they cancel, change format, or change date for the event? This study ... -
Individual-contextual determinants of entrepreneurial service provision in the platform-based collaborative economy
Leick, Birgit; Falk, Martin Thomas; Eklund, Mehtap; Vinogradov, Evgueni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose: This article examines the nature of service provision in the platform-based collaborative economy from the perspective of entrepreneurship theories. It departs from a knowledge gap about the individual and contextual ... -
Innovation intensity and skills in firms across five European countries
Falk, Martin Thomas; Hagsten, Eva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This study attempts to establish the importance of specific formally achieved higher skills for the innovation intensity in firms across a group of European countries. Innovation expenditures are calculated as the ratio ... -
Nordic stock market performance of the travel and leisure industry during the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic
Lin, Xiang; Falk, Martin Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article investigates the performance of the stock market and its volatility in the travel and leisure industry for three Nordic countries using daily data from June 2018 to June 2020, a period that includes the first ... -
One visitor too many: Assessing the degree of overtourism in established European urban destinations
Amore, Alberto; Falk, Martin Thomas; Adie, Bailey Ashton (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a series of indicators to determine the limits to urban tourism growth, tourism gentrification and overtourism. The study addresses overtourism within the frame of urban ... -
Potential of European universities as Marie Curie grantee hosts
Falk, Martin Thomas; Hagsten, Eva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study investigates the potential of European universities as hosts for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) grantees. Factors explaining both the probability of a university hosting an MSCA grantee and its extent are ... -
Product diversification and isomorphism: The case of ski resorts and “me-too” innovation
Zach, Florian J.; Schnitzer, Martin; Falk, Martin Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Many ski-lift operators are trying to diversify their business by opening summer parks and in so doing, to reposition their resorts as year-round destinations. Almost half of ski-lift operators in Tyrol introduced such ...