Tourism and economic growth: The case of Jordan

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 63-68

  Kreishan, Fuad M M ^a  

^a AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Granger causality; Jordan; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956546351     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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