Impact of tourism on economic growth and development in Africa

Tourism Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 807-818

  Fayissa, Bichaka ^a   Nsiah, Christian ^b   Tadasse, Badassa ^c  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arellano Bond models; Dynamic panel data; Economic growth; Fixed effects; Random effects; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN CAPITAL; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; PANEL DATA; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 57749083151     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000008786440229     Document Type: Article

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