Modelling international tourism demand for the Caribbean

Tourism Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-180

  Onafowora, Olugbenga A ^a   Owoye, Oluwole ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ARDL; Caribbean region; Short run and long run elasticities; Stability test; Tourism demand

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; POLICY ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 84857469904     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0102     Document Type: Article

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