A CGE assessment of Singapore's tourism policies

Tourism Management

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-36

  Meng, Xianming ^a   Siriwardana, Mahinda ^a   Pham, Tien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

CGE modelling; Singapore economy; Tourism policy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MACROECONOMICS; PUBLIC SPENDING; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84867142038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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