Tourism and economic growth nexus revisited: A panel causality analysis for the case of the Mediterranean Region

Tourism Management

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 207-212

  Tugcu, Can Tansel ^a  

^a NEVSEHIR HACI BEKTAS VELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Mediterranean region; Panel causality; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84891643821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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