Tourism's potential to benefit the poor: A social accounting matrix model applied to Ecuador

Tourism Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 29-48

  Croes, Robertico ^a   Rivera, Manuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Income distribution; Inequality; Pro poor; Social accounting matrix

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ECUADOR;

EID: 85020449862     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2015.0495     Document Type: Article

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