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Addressing Economic Fragmentation: Modelling Regional Gambling Tourism In The Context Of Social Fields Theory Cover

Addressing Economic Fragmentation: Modelling Regional Gambling Tourism In The Context Of Social Fields Theory

Open Access
|Dec 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Conceptual model of tourism gambling development through social fields theory (Source: authors’ work, 2020).

Figure 2.

Utility functions of the attribute Positive impacts of tourism gambling (Source: authors’ calculation 2020).

Figure 3.

Graphical presentation of the selected attributes for gambling tourism development in Great Britain (Source: authors calculation 2020).

Figure 4.

Graphical presentation of the selected attributes for gambling tourism development in Germany (Source: authors calculation 2020).

Figure 5.

Graphical presentation of the selected attributes for gambling tourism development in Finland (Source: authors calculation 2020).

Figure 6.

Graphical presentation of the selected attributes for gambling tourism development in Sweden (Source: authors calculation 2020).

Figure 7.

Graphical presentation of the selected attributes for gambling tourism development in Slovenia (Source: authors calculation 2020).

Figure 8.

Graphical presentation of the selected attributes for gambling tourism development in France (Source: authors calculation 2020).

Figure 9.

Graphical presentation of the selected attributes for gambling tourism development in Italy (Source: authors calculation 2020).

Figure 10.

Graphical presentation of the selected attributes for gambling tourism development in Nederland (Source: authors calculation 2020).

Figure 11.

Graphical presentation of the selected attributes for gambling tourism development in Spain (Source: authors’ calculation 2020).

Figure 12.

Graphical presentation of the selected attributes for gambling tourism development in Norway (Source: authors calculation 2020).

Figure A1.

The utility function of the aggregated attribute Positive impacts of tourism gambling (Source: authors’ calculation 2020).

Figure A2.

The utility function of the aggregated attribute Internal governance units (Source: authors calculation 2020).

Figure A3.

The utility function of the aggregated attribute Economy and economics (Source: authors calculation 2020).

Figure A4.

Utility function of the aggregated main attribute Tourism gambling development (Source: authors calculation 2020).

DEX model and evaluation of ten cases

AttributeGreat BritainGermanyFinlandSwedenSloveniaFranceItalyNederlandSpainNorway
Tourism gambling developmentinsufficiently developedinsufficiently developedfully developedfully developedfully developedinsufficiently developedmostly developedinsufficiently developedfully developedfully developed
⊢Positive impacts of tourism gamblinglowlowhighhighhighlowhighlowhighhigh
| ⊢Economic impactslowlowmediummediummediumlowhighlowhighhigh
| Level of social costslowlowhighhighhighmediumhighlowlowlow
⊢Existence of tourism gamblingpartialweakweakweakstrongpartialweakpartialpartialweak
⊢Internal governance unitsstrongstrongstrongstrongstrongstronglowstrongstrongstrong
| Legislation (taxation and monopolies) and prevention and carestrongstrongstrongstrongstrongstronglowstrongstrongstrong
Social factorsstrongmoderatemoderatestronglowlowmoderatestrongstrongstrong
  ⊢Social skillsstrongmoderatestrongstronglowlowmoderatestrongstrongstrong
  Cognitive framesmoderatelowlowmoderatemoderatemoderate*moderatestrongstrong

DEX model tree; attributes, scales and a short description of attributes_

AttributeScaleDescription
Tourism gambling developmentinsufficiently developed; mostly developed; fully developedCurrent tourism gambling development
⊢Positive impacts of tourism gamblinglow; medium; highOutcomes of economic activity showing more economic benefits than social costs
| ⊢Economic impactslow; medium; highGross Gambling Income per capita in the country
| Level of social costslow; medium; highPercentage of problem gamblers
⊢Existence of tourism gamblingweak; partial; strongExistence of venues where gambling tourism is possible.
⊢Internal governance unitslow; moderate; strongMechanisms of legal organisation of gambling in country
| Legislation (taxation and monopolies) and prevention and carelow; moderate; strongLegislation in the form of high taxation and state monopolies. Organisation of prevention and care system for gambling problems.
Social factorslow; moderate; strongSocial skills to participate in gambling activity and cognitive frames
⊢Social skillslow; moderate; strongParticipation in gambling activity by people
Cognitive frameslow; moderate; strongBeliefs and habits people use to operate in everyday situations
Language: English
Page range: 20 - 36
Published on: Dec 30, 2021
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