Testing for the random walk hypothesis in the case of visitor arrivals: Evidence from Indian tourism

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1485-1490

  Bhattacharya, Mita ^a   Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANDOM WALK METHOD; TOURISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23844543311     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500109332     Document Type: Article

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