Foreign informational lobbying can enhance tourism: Evidence from the Caribbean

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-275

  Gawande, Kishore ^a   Maloney, William ^b   Montes Rojas, Gabriel ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign lobbying; Panel data; Tourism

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 67651098890     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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