Economic impact of tourism on greece's economy: Cointegration and causality anzlysis

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 79, Issue , 2011, Pages 79-85

  Kasimati, Evangelia ^a,b  

^a Centre of Planning and Economic Research   (Greece)

^b a joint workplace of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Economic growth; Greece; Tourism arrivals; Vecm

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455211807     PISSN: 14502887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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