A dynamic panel data analysis of snow depth and winter tourism

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 912-924

  Falk, Martin ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel data model; Overnight stays; Snow cover; Winter tourism

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ELASTICITY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; SNOW COVER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; WINTER;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 77955414253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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