An estimation of the determinants of same-day visit expenditures in Belgium

Tourism Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-172

  Wynen, Jan ^a  

^a IDEA Consult   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Non linear effects; Tobit; Tourism expenditures; Two step model

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPENDITURE; HETEROGENEITY; MARKETING; MODELING; NONLINEARITY; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84877309852     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2013.0190     Document Type: Article

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