Tourism and economic growth: A review of empirical literature

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-41

  Del P Pablo Romero, María ^a   Molina, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; Growth; Literature review; Panel data; Time series; Tourist

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882777262     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2013.05.006     Document Type: Review

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