227 Discussion Papers

• 13-140/VIII - An Exploratory Landscape Metrics Approach to Agricultural Changes: Applications of Spatial Economic Consequences for the Algarve, Portugal

  Authors: Eric de Noronha Vaz, Ryerson University, Department of Geography, Toronto, Canada, and University of the Algarve, CIEO, Faro, Portugal; Teresa de Noronha, University of the Algarve, CIEO, Faro, Portugal; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: September 12, 2013

• 13-139/VIII - Mobile Phone Data and Urban Analysis: An Exploratory Space – Time Study

  Authors: Emmanouil Tranos, VU University Amsterdam; John Steenbruggen, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: September 30, 2013

• 13-138/VIII - Digital Destinations in the Tourist Sector: A Path Model for the Impact of e-Services on Tourist Expenditures in Amsterdam

  Authors: Bart Neuts, KU Leuven, Belgium; Joao Romao, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Eveline van Leeuwen, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: September 12, 2013

• 13-137/VIII - A Target-Oriented Data Envelopment Analysis for Energy-Environment Efficiency Improvement in Japan

  Authors: Soushi Suzuki, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Japan; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Piet Rietveld, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: September 10, 2013

• 13-134/VIII - Firm Formation and Agglomeration under Monopolistic Competition

  Authors: Stephan Brunow, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA), Nuremberg, Germany; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: September 06, 2013

• 13-133/VIII - The Firms behind the Regions: Analysis of Regional Innovation Performance in Portugal by External Logistic Biplots

  Authors: Teresa de Noronha, Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal; Cities Centre, University of Toronto, Canada; Purificación Vicente Galindo, University of Salamanca, Spain; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Eric de Noronha Vaz, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

  Date: September 05, 2013

• 13-130/VIII - Modified Ramsey Discounting for Climate Change

  Author: Richard S.J. Tol, University of Sussex, United Kingdom; VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Date: September 09, 2013

• 13-123/VIII - Overreporting vs. Overreacting: Commuters' Perceptions of Travel Times

  Authors: Stefanie Peer, VU University Amsterdam, and Institute for the Environment and Regional Development, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria; Jasper Knockaert, VU University Amsterdam; Paul Koster, VU University Amsterdam; Erik Verhoef, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 26, 2013

• 13-120/VIII - Coarse Tolling with Heterogeneous Preferences

  Author: Vincent A.C. van den Berg, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 22, 2013

• 13-117/VIII - Tender Auctions with Existing Operators Bidding

  Author: Vincent A.C. van den Berg, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 15, 2013

• 13-116/VIII - Measuring Pattern, Amplitude and Timing Differences between Monetary and Non-Monetary Seasonal Factors of Tourism - the Case of Aruba

  Authors: Jorge Ridderstaat, Centrale Bank van Aruba, Aruba, Dutch Caribbean; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 15, 2013

• 13-115/VIII - Dynamics in Aceh and North Sumatera after the Twin Disasters: An Investigation into the Relevance of the Locational Fundamental Theory

  Authors: Aloysius Gunadi Brata, VU University Amsterdam, and Atma Jaya Yogyakarta University; Henri L.F. de Groot, VU University Amsterdam, and Ecorys NEI, Rotterdam; Piet Rietveld, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 15, 2013

• 13-110/VIII - Socio-cultural Diversity and Urban Buzz

  Authors: Daniel Arribas-Bel, VU University Amsterdam; Karima Kourtit, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 06, 2013

• 13-109/VIII - Herding Behaviour, Bubbles and Log Periodic Power Laws in Illiquid Stock Markets. A Case Study on the Bucharest Stock Exchange

  Authors: Daniel Traian Pele, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania; Miruna Mazurencu-Marinescu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 05, 2013

• 13-108/VIII - A Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis of the Performance of Global Cities

  Authors: Karima Kourtit, VU University Amsterdam; Cathy Macharis, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium, and University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 02, 2013

• 13-107/VIII - Modelling R&D and Innovation Support Systems – Analysis of Regional Cluster Structures in Innovation in Portugal

  Authors: Teresa de Noronha Vaz, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal; Purificación Vicente Galindo, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 02, 2013

• 13-106/VIII - The Creative Urban Diaspora Economy: A Disparity Analysis among Migrant Entrepreneurs

  Authors: Karima Kourtit, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Daniel Arribas-Bel, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

  Date: August 01, 2013

• 13-105/VIII - A Stepwise Efficiency Improvement DEA Model for Airport Management with a Fixed Runway Capacity

  Authors: Soushi Suzuki, Hokkai-Gakuen University,Japan; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 01, 2013

• 13-104/VIII - The Rat Race between World Cities: In Search of Exceptional Places by Means of Super-Efficient Data Development Analysis

  Authors: Karima Kourtit, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Soushi Suzuki, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan

  Date: August 01, 2013

• 13-103/VIII - Residents’ Appreciation of Cultural Heritage in Tourist Centres - A Micro-simulation Modelling Approach to Amsterdam

  Authors: Eveline van Leeuwen, VU University Amsterdam; Karima Kourtit, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 01, 2013