Market power and the taxation of domestic and international tourism

Tourism Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-400

  Forsyth, Peter ^a   Dwyer, Larry ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Externalities; Market power; Policy; Taxation; Tourism

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; MARKET CONDITIONS; TAX SYSTEM; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 0036981463     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000002101298197     Document Type: Article

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