Tourism and Growth Nexus in the Eu

Boris Cota; Nataša Erjavec; Saša Jakšić

doi:10.2478/revecp-2025-0007

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Tourism and Growth Nexus in the Eu

Review of Economic Perspectives

Volume 25 (2025): Issue 2 (December 2025)

By: Boris Cota, Nataša Erjavec and Saša Jakšić

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2025-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1804-1663 | Journal ISSN: 1213-2446

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Language: English

Page range: 109 - 122

Published on: May 13, 2026

Published by: Mendel University in Brno

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Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

tourism-led growth hypothesis,

economic growth,

core-periphery,

European Union (EU),

panel quantile regression

Related subjects:

Business and economics,

Political economics,

Economic theory, systems and structures

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