International tourism demand and the business cycle

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 379-400

  Smeral, Egon ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asymmetric demand elasticities; Business cycle; Liquidity constraints; Loss aversion

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 82755182748     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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