Tourism taxes: Implications for tourism demand in the UK

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-36

  Durbarry, Ramesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC THEORY; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; TAX SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38349000687     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2008.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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