The impact of tourism on income inequality in developing economies: Does Kuznets curve hypothesis exist?

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 111-126

  Alam, Md Samsul ^a   Paramati, Sudharshan Reddy ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Developing economies; Economic growth; Income inequality; Kuznets curve hypothesis; Tourism revenue

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; KUZNETS CURVE; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EID: 84989328028     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2016.09.008     Document Type: Article

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