09.00 a.m. WELCOMING ADDRESS (Room: ALBERTI 2)

Corrado Benassi (Dean of the Faculty of Economics-Rimini, Bologna University)

Gianluigi Pelloni (Scientific Director, RCEA and Bologna University)


09.30 a.m. FIRST SESSION (Room: ALBERTI 2)
    
Chair: Antonello Scorcu (Bologna University and RCEA)

Carles Manera and Jaume Garau (University of Balearic Islands)
The recent evolution and impact of tourism in the mediterranean: the case of Island regions, 1990 – 2002
Discussant:    Patrizia Battilani (Bologna University and RCEA)

Fabio Quintiliani (Bank of Italy)
International tourism in the coastal regions of five Mediterranean countries
Discussant:    Carles Manera (University of Balearic Islands)

Patrizia Battilani and Francesca Fauri (Bologna University)
The Rise of a Service-Based Economy and its Transformation: the Case of Rimini
Discussant:    Fabio Quintiliani (Bank of Italy)


01.00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK (Room: AULA 2)


02.30 p.m. SECOND SESSION (Room: ALBERTI 2)

Chair: Paolo Figini (Bologna University and RCEA)

Guido Candela, Massimiliano Castellani and Maurizio Mussoni (Bologna Unversity and RCEA)
Tourism investment, real options and externalities: an economic analysis of “ecological monsters”
Discussant:    Rinaldo Brau (Cagliari University and CRENOS)

Isabel Cortes Jimenez (Christel DeHaan TTRI, Nottingham University)
Tourism and Economic Growth at Regional level: the cases of Spain and Italy
Discussant:    Masimiliano Castellani (Bologna Unversity and RCEA)

Rinaldo Brau, Alessandro Lanza and Francesco Pigliaru (Cagliari University and CRENOS)
How Fast are Small Tourist Countries Growing? The 1980 – 2003 Evidence
Discussant:    Claudio Piga (Loughborough University and RCEA)