Tourism Specialization and Economic Development : Evidence from the UNESCO World Heritage List /

The present paper investigates whether tourism specialization is a viable strategy for development. We estimate standard growth equations augmented with a variable measuring tourism specialization using instrumental variables techniques for a large cross-section of countries for the period 1980-2002...

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Auteur principal: Piotrowski, John
Autres auteurs: Arezki, Rabah, Cherif, Reda
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/176
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF