Asymmetric Tourist Response to Price: Loss Aversion Segmentation

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 568-576

  Nicolau, Juan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

destination choice; heterogeneity; loss aversion; price; segmentation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PRICE DYNAMICS; TOURISM; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84865061873     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287511431321     Document Type: Article

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