Evaluation of the profitability of quality labels in rural tourism accommodation: a hedonic approach using propensity score matching

Applied Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 34, 2016, Pages 3253-3263

  Bilbao, Celia ^a   Valdés, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hedonic price; profitability; propensity score matching; quality labels; rural tourism accommodation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PROFITABILITY; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM;

SPAIN;

EID: 84959060486     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1137546     Document Type: Article

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