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National Park Service (NPS) units generate a significant economic impact for states and local gateway communities across the USA. Utah is home to 13 NPS units with visitation accounting for 18% of the state's US$9.75bn tourism economy in 2018. Twelve NPS units, including five national parks, are located in Southern Utah, driving an economy that is heavily dependent on tourism. This paper examines the challenges and opportunities for visits to national parks post-COVID-19, generally and in the specific context of Southern Utah. Although the assumption is that visits to national parks will recover quickly, this paper will critically examine how visitation may change and what adaptive measures and alternative forms of unit management may be necessary.

By adopting a holistic-inductive paradigm, this paper utilizes a descriptive case study approach. Data were collected across a variety of mediums focusing on interviews with key stakeholders in and around Southern Utah.

The results from this study highlight the various challenges faced in parks and gateway communities vis-à-vis changing patterns of visitation, adaptive measures and alternative forms of unit management necessary due to COVID-19 and their impact on the future management and marketing of national parks for touristic purposes.

This paper examines the impacts of COVID-19 on an often-neglected yet significant area within tourism, yielding implications for industry, visitors and destination communities.

Social marketing and other types of targeted behaviour change interventions should appeal to an individual’s personal values in order to improve their effectiveness. However, there is currently little understanding of what these values are in relation to food waste. The purpose of this paper is to identify the values underpinning the specific behaviour of plate waste created in a residential foodservice setting.

In semi-structured interviews (n=50) laddering techniques were used to identify links from behaviours through individual’s rationalisation for that behaviour to their personal values. The aim of the questioning was to uncover underlying drivers that lead to plate waste as well as those barriers to reducing it.

The values identified as being most important are hedonism and self-direction. The specific aspects of these values for plate waste reduction interventions are not compromising on the individual’s enjoyment of the meal and meeting their health goals. Effective interventions include pre-ordering meals, reducing food options provided, reducing plate size, removing food tray and finally, information campaigns to raise awareness.

The study provides insights into the personal values that influence behaviours resulting in plate waste. The study is the first to determine the links between this behaviour, rationalisations for that behaviour and personal values.

This study focuses on how China EPU may impact copper-firms stock returns and also how China EPU mediates between stock returns and copper prices returns.

The sample consists of 44 copper firms from January 2011 to March 2022. The study also considers a subsample of 29 net-exporters countries. Panel data methodology is used, allowing to control for unobservable heterogeneity and endogeneity problems. The equations are estimated through a dynamic panel using the generalized methods of moments (GMM).

China EPU has a negative and statistically significant relationship with stock returns. Copper price returns are positively associated with stock returns. This research also considers two scenarios: high and low levels of China EPU. For high levels of China EPU states it is reported a negative relationship between stock returns and China EPU and copper price returns show a positive relationship with stock returns.

There is need to explore other metals for what China exhibits a high demand and observe if China EPU and Global EPU have similar impacts on stock returns. It will be useful to identify main firm's consumers of copper and these other metals to explore the relationship between EPU and stock returns.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper that analyzes China EPU index and its impact on both copper-firms stocks returns and on changes in copper prices. This is done using all public copper firms worldwide.

Este estudio se enfoca en como la incertidumbre en política económica de China (llamado China EPU) puede impactar en los retornos de las acciones de empresas del sector del cobre y como China EPU media entre los retornos de las acciones y los retornos de los precios del cobre.

La muestral consiste en 44 firmas de cobre desde enero 2011 a marzo 2022. El estudio también considera una sub muestra de 29 países que son exportadores netos de cobre. Se utiliza la metodología de datos de panel, permitiendo controlar por lo inobservable y por problemas de endogeneidad. Las ecuaciones son estimadas a través de panel dinámico usando el método generalizado de los momentos (G.M.M.).

EPU de China tiene una relación negativa y estadísticamente significativa con los retornos accionarios. Los retornos de los precios del cobre están positivamente asociados con los retornos accionarios. La investigación también considera dos posibles escenarios: altos y bajos niveles de EPU. Para el estado de altos niveles se reporta una relación negativa entre los retornos accionarios y el EPU de China, además los retornos de los precios del cobre muestran una relación positiva con los retornos accionarios.

Se requiere explorar otros metales para los cuales China sea un importante demandante a nivel internacional y observar si el EPU de China y el EPU Global tienen similares impactos en los retornos accionarios. A su vez sería útil identificar las principales firmas consumidoras de cobres y estos otros metales de tal forma de chequear la relación entre EPU y retornos accionarios.

En nuestro mejor conocimiento, este es el primer artículo que analiza el índice EPU de China y como este impacta tanto los retornos accionarios de las empresas de cobre como los cambios de precios del cobre. Esto es hecho usando una muestral que incluye todas las empresas de cobre que se transan en bolsa a nivel internacional.