Predictors of social equity and price acceptability judgments of user fees

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 89-103

  Park, Joungkoo ^a   Ellis, Gary D ^b   Kim, Samuel Seongseop ^c   Ruddell, Edward J ^b   Agrusa, Jerome ^d  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fee level; Price acceptability; Public input; Social equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447101933     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v21n02_07     Document Type: Article

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