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Efficiency and Productivity of Italian Tourist Destinations: A Quantitative Estimation Based on Data Envelopment Analysis and the Malmquist Method

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  1. Department of National Accounting and Analysis of Social Processes, University of Palermo, V.le delle Scienze Ed.2, 90133 Palermo, Italy

    Maria Francesca Cracolici

  2. Free University, Department of Economics, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Peter Nijkamp

  3. Department of National Accounting and Analysis of Social Processes, University of Palermo, V.le delle Scienze Ed.2, 90133 Palermo, Italy

    Miranda Cuffaro

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Cracolici, M.F., Nijkamp, P., Cuffaro, M. (2007). Efficiency and Productivity of Italian Tourist Destinations: A Quantitative Estimation Based on Data Envelopment Analysis and the Malmquist Method. In: Matias, Á., Nijkamp, P., Neto, P. (eds) Advances in Modern Tourism Research. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1718-8_17

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