Research note: Tourism and economic growth in Latin American countries - Further empirical evidence

Tourism Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1365-1373

  Fayissa, Bichaka ^a   Nsiah, Christian ^b   Tadesse, Bedassa ^c  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arellano Bond models; Dynamic panel data; Fixed effects; Latin America; Quantile regression; Random effects

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN CAPITAL; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; PANEL DATA; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84555196264     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2011.0095     Document Type: Article

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