Tourism as an alternative source of regional growth in Portugal: A panel data analysis at NUTS II and III levels

Portuguese Economic Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-61

  Soukiazis, Elias ^a   Proença, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accommodation capacity; Conditional convergence; Panel regressions; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 41349114642     PISSN: 1617982X     EISSN: 16179838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10258-007-0022-0     Document Type: Article

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