Foreign Investors Versus Host Communities: An Urban Political Economy Model for Tourist Cities

• Autorzy: Li Sheng , Jie Gao
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

By developing an urban political economy model for tourist cities that considers the side effects and a city's carrying capacity for tourism, this paper shows how foreign investors and a host community's interests and preferences on the openness of the city greatly diverge. Foreign investors have the tendency to influence a city's policy toward more openness than optimal. If foreign investors' interest is overly represented in a city's policymaking, the city may not be able to a follow a rational development strategy. Macao is adopted as a case study.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Financial investor; Political economy; Tourism; City

PL

Inwestor finansowy; Ekonomia polityczna; Turystyka; Miasto

• Czasopismo: Argumenta Oeconomica
• Rocznik: 2018
• Numer: nr 2 (41)
• Strony: 257--275

Twórcy

autor

Li Sheng

• University of Macau, China.

autor

Jie Gao

• University of Macau, China.

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.15611/aoe.2018.2.11