Using quantile regression to understand visitor spending

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-288

  Lew, Alan A ^a   Ng, Pin T ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese tourists; Hong Kong; least squares regression; market segmentation; quantile regression; tourist expenditures

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EXPENDITURE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MARKETING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOURISM MARKET;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84859053678     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287511410319     Document Type: Article

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