Taxing tourism: Enhancing or reducing welfare?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 627-635

  Sheng, Li ^a   Tsui, Yanming ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TOURISM STUDIES   (Macao)

^b MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

Author keywords

Externalities; General equilibrium model; Market power; Social optimum; Sustainable tourism; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349817623     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580902855828     Document Type: Note

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