Testing the unit root hypothesis when the alternative is a trend break stationary process: An application to tourist arrivals in Fiji

Tourism Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-364

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiji; Unit root hypothesis; Visitor arrivals

Indexed keywords

MARKET CONDITIONS; TESTING METHOD; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

FIJI; MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 21344455626     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000005774352971     Document Type: Article

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