Tourism development and economic growth in seven Mediterranean countries: A panel data approach

Tourism Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 801-816

  Dritsakis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Economic growth; FMOLS; Mediterranean; Panel data; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PANEL DATA; REAL EXCHANGE RATE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84865227118     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0140     Document Type: Article

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