Tourism productivity. Evidence from the United Kingdom

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1099-1120

  Blake, Adam ^a   Sinclair, M Thea ^a   Soria, Juan Antonio Campos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CGE; innovation; productivity drivers; skills

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITIVENESS; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748751890     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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