CO2 Emissions and tourism in developed and less developed countries

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1169-1173

  León, Carmelo J ^a   Arana, Jorge E ^a   Hernández Alemán, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; development; population; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927176169     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2014.916376     Document Type: Article

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