Modelling international tourism and country risk spillovers for Cyprus and Malta

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1472-1484

  Hoti, Suhejla ^a   McAleer, Michael ^a   Shareef, Riaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Country risk ratings; ICRG; Island countries; Risk returns; Risk spillovers; Small size; Tourism growth; Volatility

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL ISLAND STATE; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALTA; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548216313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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