Dynamic model for international tourism demand for Malaysia: Panel data evidence

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 207-217

  Habibi, Fateh ^a   Rahim, Khalid Abdul ^a   Ramchandran, Sridar ^a   Chin, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

GMM estimators; International tourism demand; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350593546     PISSN: 14502887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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