Congestion and coordination problems in a tourism economy

Tourism Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 691-710

  Álvarez Albelo, Carmen D ^a   Hernández Martín, Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congestion; Coordination; Direct selling; Optimal policy; Profit distribution; Tour operators

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SERVICE PROVISION; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84865228003     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0136     Document Type: Article

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