Addressing Economic Fragmentation: Modelling Regional Gambling Tourism In The Context Of Social Fields Theory
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Article Category: Original Scientific Article
Published Online: Dec 30, 2021
Page range: 20 - 36
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rsc-2021-0005
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DEX model and evaluation of ten cases
| Attribute | Great Britain | Germany | Finland | Sweden | Slovenia | France | Italy | Nederland | Spain | Norway |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourism gambling development | insufficiently developed | insufficiently developed | insufficiently developed | mostly developed | insufficiently developed | |||||
| ⊢Positive impacts of tourism gambling | low | low | low | low | ||||||
| | ⊢Economic impacts | low | low | medium | medium | medium | low | low | |||
| | ∟Level of social costs | high | high | high | medium | high | |||||
| ⊢Existence of tourism gambling | partial | weak | weak | weak | partial | weak | partial | partial | weak | |
| ⊢Internal governance units | low | |||||||||
| | ∟Legislation (taxation and monopolies) and prevention and care | low | |||||||||
| ∟Social factors | moderate | moderate | low | low | moderate | |||||
| ⊢Social skills | moderate | low | low | moderate | ||||||
| ∟Cognitive frames | moderate | low | low | moderate | moderate | moderate | * | moderate |
DEX model tree; attributes, scales and a short description of attributes.
| Attribute | Scale | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tourism gambling development | insufficiently developed; mostly developed; |
Current tourism gambling development |
| ⊢Positive impacts of tourism gambling | low; medium; |
Outcomes of economic activity showing more economic benefits than social costs |
| | ⊢Economic impacts | low; medium; |
Gross Gambling Income per capita in the country |
| | ∟Level of social costs | Percentage of problem gamblers | |
| ⊢Existence of tourism gambling | weak; partial; strong | Existence of venues where gambling tourism is possible. |
| ⊢Internal governance units | low; moderate; strong | Mechanisms of legal organisation of gambling in country |
| | ∟Legislation (taxation and monopolies) and prevention and care | low; moderate; strong | Legislation in the form of high taxation and state monopolies. Organisation of prevention and care system for gambling problems. |
| ∟Social factors | low; moderate; strong | Social skills to participate in gambling activity and cognitive frames |
| ⊢Social skills | low; moderate; strong | Participation in gambling activity by people |
| ∟Cognitive frames | low; moderate; strong | Beliefs and habits people use to operate in everyday situations |