IV estimation of a panel threshold model of tourism specialization and economic development

Tourism Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-41

  Chang, Chia Lin ^a   Khamkaew, Thanchanok ^b,c   McAleer, Michael ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAEJO UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional data; Economic development; Instrumental variables; Panel data; Threshold regression; Tourism specialization

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; THRESHOLD; TOURISM;

EID: 84863138807     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0108     Document Type: Article

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