Aggregate efficiency and productivity analysis in the tourism industry

Tourism Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-56

  Peypoch, Nicolas ^a   Solonandrasana, Bernardin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregate Luenberger productivity indicator; Directional distance function; Efficiency; Hotel performance; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EID: 41549098733     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000008783554794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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