Tourism income and economic growth in Greece: Empirical evidence from their cyclical components

Tourism Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 817-834

  Eeckels, Bruno ^a   Filis, George ^b   Leon, Costas ^c  

^a Les Roches Gruye're University of Applied Sciences Les Roches International School of Hotel Management   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c César Ritz Colleges ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business cycle; GDP; Greece; Spectral analysis; Tourism income; VAR

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; LEISURE INDUSTRY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

GREECE;

EID: 84865215893     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0148     Document Type: Article

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