Research note: Technical efficiency in the tourism industry

Tourism Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 653-657

  Peypoch, Nicolas ^a   Solonandrasana, Bernardin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Proportional distance function; Technical efficiency; Tourism industry

Indexed keywords

TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846840964     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000006779320042     Document Type: Article

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