Modelling the performance of Australian hotels: A DEA double bootstrap approach

Tourism Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-89

  Assaf, A Georges ^a   Agbola, Frank W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian hotels; DEA double bootstrap; Hotel efficiency; Hotel performance measurement

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79551549007     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2011.0027     Document Type: Article

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