Ricardo Gazel

Beyond Rock and Roll: The Economic Impact of the Grateful Dead on a Local Economy

For-profit popular music concerts, a seldom studied event, may create sizeable economic impacts in a local economy. Using information from a survey of more than 1,000 concert goers to a Grateful Dead performance in Las Vegas and RIMS II multipliers, we estimate income and employment impacts. We conclude that the potential large spill-overs effects of such an event should not be ignored.

Air-tour impacts. The Grand Canyon case.

Abstract The economic impact of Grand Canyon air-tour operators on the southern Nevada economy is estimated using a regional impact model. Based on information collected from surveys of Grand Canyon air-tour operators and Grand Canyon tourists, it is estimated that 480,618 tourists to Las Vegas took a Grand Canyon tour in 1996. After accounting for direct and indirect expenditures, the Grand Canyon air tours contribute

Interview mode choice by survey respondents: a methodological analysis

504 million to the southern Nevada economy. If Grand Canyon air tours were eliminated, southern Nevada would suffer an estimated loss of

The social costs of gambling in Wisconsin

249 million — the lost revenues of the operators and the lost expenditures of tourists who would not visit southern Nevada without the Grand Canyon air tour.

Social and Legal Costs of Compulsive Gambling

With the public’s increasing ease in using computers, computer-administered surveys v V ave become an attractive survey method. Researchers have examined the administration of computer-administered surveys with other survey methods to determine if differences existed in responses, in respondents’ assessments of the survey modes, and in the ratings of surveys by respondent characteristics. Several authors conclude that the response rates were very similar to other survey modes (Booth-Kewley, Edwards, & Rosenfeld, 1992; Kiesler & Sproull, 1986; Skinner & Allen, 1983; Synodinos, Papacostas, & Okimoto, 1994). A few authors, however, noted more extreme or undesirable responses with computer surveys than with paper-and-pencil surveys (Kiesler & Sproull, 1986; Synodinos, Papacostas, & Okimoto, 1994). Some researchers have identified respondents’ perceptions of the computer-administered survey relative to other survey modes. Skinner and Allen (1983) found the computer mode less friendly but more relaxing, more interesting, faster, lighter, and shorter compared to face-to-face interviews or self-report questionnaires. Likewise, Watson et al. (1990) reported that the computer-administered form was more accurate, more personal, more entertaining, easier to correct, and less pressure-filled than the booklet form. On the other hand, Skinner and Allen (1983) found that more highly educated respondents rated a computer interview as cold and boring, whereas older respondents perceived it as active and soft. Researchers usually select the mode of interview. Many have studied the impact of the mode used. A sample of these studies include the impact on response rates (Groves & Kahn, 1979; Kormendi, 1988), how respondents answer sensitive questions (Aquilino & Losciuto, 1990; Henson, Cannell, & Roth, 1978; Herman, 1977; Johnson, Houghland, & Clayton, 1989; Kormendi, 1988; Sykes & Collins, 1988), and why mode effects might differ by race