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The significance of festivals to regional economies: measuring the economic value of the Grahamstown National Arts Festival in South Africa
(IT Publishing, 2011)
This paper estimates the economic value of South Africa's longest running national arts festival, the Grahamstown National Arts Festival in the Eastern Cape Province. The Eastern Cape is a middle-income province (6.6% of ...
The impact of hunting for biltong purposes on the SA economy
(University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 2011)
The purpose of this article is to estimate the economic impact of biltong hunting in South Africa.
Assimilation of tourism satellite accounts and applied general equilibrium models to inform tourism policy analysis
(IP Publishing, 2011)
Historically, tourism policy analysis in South Africa has posed challenges to accurate measurement. The primary reason for this is that tourism is not designated as an 'industry' in standard economic accounts. This paper ...
Economic impact of the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival: investigating the application of different models
(Sabinet, 2013)
This article focuses on an economic assessment of the target obtained in South Africa regarding the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) applying both SAM and CGE models. Since both models have advantages and ...
The socio-economic impact of the Table Mountain National Park
(Sabinet, 2013)
This article will determine the socio-economic impact of South Africa’s largest urban national park, and the one that attracts the most visitors. Because national parks have more functions than mere conservation, the ...
The South African wildlife ranching sector: a social accounting matrix Leontief multiplier analysis
(AOSIS, 2014)
Orientation : There is startlingly little economic research on the South African wildlife sector which contributes toward disputes regarding the economic contribution of the sector.
Research purpose : The purpose of this ...
Regional economic impacts of events: a comparison of methods
(AOSIS, 2015)
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview and comparison of three related methods for modelling
the short-run economic impact of events, namely the partial Input-Output (I-O), Social Accounting Matrix
(SAM) and ...
Identifying industrial clusters for regional economic diversification: the case of South Africa's North West Province
(Clute Institute, 2015)
Dependency on commodity exports is seen as a structural weakness in resource dependent regions. Not surprisingly, such regions have made economic diversification a key priority. The economy of South Africas North West ...
Identifying Thailand’s high-potential export opportunities in ASEAN+3 countries
(Emerald, 2017)
This paper aims to identify Thailand’s realistic export opportunities (REOs) in the ASEAN+3 countries (i.e. ASEAN, Greater China, Japan and South Korea), which together constitute an economically dynamic region and a ...
The impact of plurilateral trade agreements on developing countries – to participate or not to participate?
(Routledge, 2018)
In the wake of the impasse in the Doha Development Round of multilateral trade talks, sector-specific plurilateral trade agreements (PTAs) have been gaining traction. However, PTAs mostly appeal to developed countries, ...