%0 Journal Article
%T Intra-Industry Trade in Tourism Services
%A Nuno Carlos LEIT£¿O
%J Theoretical and Applied Economics
%D 2011
%I General Association of Economists from Romania
%X Usually the tourism flows are explained by demand, economic growth, and revealed comparative advantage (neoclassic trade theory).This manuscript examines the link between intra-industry trade and international tourism flows. We have examined the Portuguese intra-industry trade in this sector. The analysis apply the static (Grubel and Lloyd) and dynamic index (Br¨¹lhart). Our results show that the tourism services are important for a small economy such as Portugal. The intra-industry trade is very significant between Portugal and the following countries: Spain, USA, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Canada.
%K tourism flows
%K intra-industry trade
%K Grubel and Lloyd index
%K Br¨¹lhart index
%K Portugal.
%U http://store.ectap.ro/articole/601.pdf