Date of Award
8-2020
Degree Type
Creative Project
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Economics and Finance
Committee Chair(s)
Tyler Brough
Committee
Tyler Brough
Committee
Ben Blau
Committee
Todd Griffith
Abstract
This study investigates the effects of mass shooting events on the performance of the tourism industry within the United States. The results of the study show that outside of the market-wide returns, the performance of tourism stocks is negatively impacted after a large-scale mass shooting event. Furthermore, when separating extreme outliers in the data such as the Las Vegas Mandalay Bay shooting, the results of the study find that tourism stocks surrounding other large-scale mass shootings are significantly negative. Overall, the results of the study demonstrate a negative response in the tourism industry to large-scale mass shootings.
Recommended Citation
Deem, Marshall, "Mass Shootings and the Performance of Tourism Stocks" (2020). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 1482.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1482
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