Assessing the effects of terrorism on tourism by use of time series methods

Tourism Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-190

  Sloboda, Brian W ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

ARMAX models; Economic impacts analysis; Impulse response functions; Tourism

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; TERRORISM; TIME SERIES; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037659750     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000003101298349     Document Type: Article

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