Kadiyali, Vrinda; Kosová, Renáta - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 43 (2013) 2, pp. 272-281
How much economic stimulus does tourism provide by generating jobs in various local industry sectors? Using data across 43 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas during 1987–2006, we analyze the impact of tourism inflows — proxied by the number of hotel rooms sold — on the employment in 22...