Buitrago Esquinas, Eva MaríaCaraballo, M. Ángeles2020-03-202020-03-202019Buitrago Esquinas, E.M. y Caraballo, M.Á. (2019). Exploring the links between tourism and quality of institutions. Cuadernos de Turismo, 43, 215-247.1139-7861https://hdl.handle.net/11441/94389This paper introduces a new perspective on the impacts of tourism on host communi-ties by analyzing the links between tourism specialization and quality of institutions. Our research has two principal aims: firstly, to test the significance and sign of this relationship; and secondly, to explore the channels through which tourism could affect institutional qual-ity. To this end, an econometric analysis is conducted using a sample of 92 countries over the period 1995-2014. The results indicate that there is a significant and positive associa-tion between tourism specialization and institutional quality. Moreover, this relation can be explained through three main channels: level of income, income inequality, and economic freedom.Este trabajo aporta una nueva perspectiva sobre los impactos del turismo analizando las relaciones entre la especialización turística de un país y la calidad de sus instituciones. La investigación plantea dos objetivos: (1) testar empíricamente la significatividad y signo de dichas relaciones y (2) explorar los canales a través de los que se producen. Realizamos un análisis econométrico para 92 países y 20 años. Los principales resultados indican la existencia de una asociación significativa y positiva entre turismo y calidad institucional que se produce principalmente a través de tres canales: nivel de renta, distribución de la renta y libertad económica.application/pdf34engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Tourism impactTourism specializationQuality of institutionsLevel of incomeIncome inequalityEconomic freedominfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://doi.org/10.6018/turismo.43.09