Determinants of tourist expenditure: A review of microeconometric models

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-40

  Brida, Juan Gabriel ^a   Scuderi, Raffaele ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Econometric model; Micro data; Review; Tourist expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872027710     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2012.10.006     Document Type: Review

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