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Estimating the option value of exercising risk-taking behavior with the hedonic market approach [PDF]

, 2008
Within the last decades an increasing number of people practice risky sports in their leisure time. Although there exists a vast number of economic literature on risk-taking behavior, an estimation of the individual willingness to pay (WTP) for the ...
Borsky, Stefan, Raschky, Paul A.
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Dependence, Attachment, Opposition: The Transition of Ski Resorts. A Case Study of the Southern Alps

Revue de Géographie Alpine
In light of the increasing urgency of transition, this article examines strategies for transition in relation to ski resorts. It focuses on both official transition initiatives (support for resorts by regional authorities) and citizen-driven initiatives (
Émeline Hatt, Cécilia Claeys
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Reorganization of urban spaces in a mountain resort

Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2012
Fordist ski resorts must cope with internal and external pressures. These restrictions strain relations between the functional and symbolic rationale of the purpose-built resorts of the 1960-70s.
Émeline Hatt
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The Monetary Value of Winter Sport Services in the European Alps [PDF]

Considering the increasing stress of competition in winter sports, e.g., caused by the increasing popularity of sun holidays in the winter season or recently developed new ski areas, cable-car companies have to optimize their price-performance ratio with
Christoph Breuer, Tim Pawlowski
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Self-Organized Criticality in Protein Folding Simulations with AMBER Parameters [PDF]

, 2014
AMBER (Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement) is a force field that allows for the simulation of proteins. Basic proteins were folded by a Monte-Carlo algorithm parameterized by AMBER on MATLAB. Simulations exhibited self-organized critical (SOC)
Sim, Yura
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International tourism in Małopolskie Województwo: the present situation and prospects for development [PDF]

, 2009
Małopolskie Województwo is one of the most popular tourist regions in Poland. Due to many attractions, long traditions of hosting tourists and well-developed accommodation facilities, Małopolskie Województwo has become the destination for a growing ...
Kurek, Włodzimierz, Pawlusiński, Robert   +1 more
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Downhill racers' dollars [PDF]

Skis and ...
Karen Rusk
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Weather Variability and the Tourism Industry: A Panel Data Analysis [PDF]

, 2017
Increasing weather variability around the world has led to many researchers examining the impacts of weather variability on vulnerable industries. For example, the tourism industry can make up a large portion of an economy’s growth, with some of the most
Coppola, Carmela
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Dépendance, attachement, contestation : quelles transitions pour les stations de sports d’hiver ?

Revue de Géographie Alpine
In light of the increasing urgency of transition, this article examines strategies for transition in relation to ski resorts. It focuses on both official transition initiatives (support for resorts by regional authorities) and citizen-driven initiatives (
Émeline Hatt, Cécilia Claeys
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Barnes Hospital Bulletin [PDF]

, 1971
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/bjc_barnes_bulletin/1064/thumbnail ...

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