Tourism and poverty reduction: An economic sector analysis for Costa Rica and Nicaragua

Tourism Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 159-182

  Vanegas, Manuel ^a   Gartner, William ^a   Senauer, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Costa rica; Nicaragua; Poverty; Tourism and development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING; POVERTY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

COSTA RICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 84923796338     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2014.0442     Document Type: Article

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