Determinants of corporate adaptation to climate change in winter tourism: An econometric analysis

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-264

  Hoffmann, Volker H ^a   Sprengel, David C ^a   Ziegler, Andreas ^a   Kolb, Matthias ^a   Abegg, Bruno ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategy; Climate change; Corporate strategy; Count data models; Ski lift operators; Winter tourism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM; WINTER;

EID: 67349138833     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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