Discretionary expenditure and tourism consumption: Insights from a choice experiment

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-258

  Crouch, Geoffrey I ^a   Oppewal, Harmen ^b   Huybers, Twan ^c   Dolnicar, Sara ^d   Louviere, Jordan J ^e   Devinney, Timothy ^f  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Australian Graduate School of Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; Discretionary expenditure; Tourism consumption

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PUBLIC SPENDING; TOURISM; TRADE-OFF; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 33846466626     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287506295912     Document Type: Article

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