Tourism and long-run economic growth in Aruba

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 472-487

  Ridderstaat, Jorge ^a   Croes, Robertico ^b   Nijkamp, Peter ^c  

^a University of Aruba   (Aruba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aruba; Co integration; Economic growth; Granger causality; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

ARUBA;

EID: 84908373028     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.1941     Document Type: Article

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