Tourism policies and cross-country growth: A disaggregated analysis

Tourism Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 535-548

  Goel, Rajeev K ^a   Budak, Jelena ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Human resources; Infrastructure; Regulation; Tourism policy; Transition countries

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH THEORY; HUMAN RESOURCE; INFRASTRUCTURE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 77956631037     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000010792278329     Document Type: Article

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