Market size, service quality and competition in the US downhill ski industry

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1497-1500

  Mulligan, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INVESTMENT; MODELING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SERVICE SECTOR; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 79961093414     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2010.543072     Document Type: Article

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