Economics for Environment, culture and tourism

Basic Statistics Review with Application to Tourist Flow Data 1. Main Synthetic Indices 2. Graphical Analysis of Tourist Flows 3. Tourism Variables From Sample to Population: Simple Concepts of Statistical Inference 1. Concept of Sample from Population 2. Inference on Means and Variance 3. Confidence Intervals 4. Hypothesis Testing Models of Dependence between Variables 1. Measure of Dependence between Tourism Characteristics 2. Concepts of Cause and Effect 3. Indices of Linear and Nonlinear Dependence 4. Regression Models Outline of Time Series Concepts in Tourism 1. Temporal Analysis of Tourist Flows 2. Seasonal Trend Components 3. Graphical Analysis of Time Series 4. Simple Time Series Models The course will be based on empirical applications to real data on Italian and foreign tourism. All lessons will be supported by the use of R software, which will be taught during the course, starting with the basic concepts. At the end of the course, students, divided into working groups, will have to develop and present a project based on real data relating to national and international tourism.

no prerequisite

Teaching materials will be provided in the form of handout and /or slides

At the end of the course, students, divided into working groups, will have to develop and present a project based on real data relating to national and international tourism.

The lessons will be held in person in the classroom and computer lab.