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Adjusted Gini Coefficient and ‘Months Equivalent’ Degree of Tourism Seasonality: A Research Note

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  • Anastassios Tsitouras

    (Department of Home Economics and Ecology, Harokopio University, 70 El Venizelou str, 176 71 Athens, Greece)

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The Gini coefficient is shown to be a suitable summary measure for tourism seasonality. It is a well-behaved index, takes values in a linear fashion and, when adjusted to a reference uniform distribution, it produces a ‘months equivalent’ degree of seasonality.

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  • Anastassios Tsitouras, 2004. "Adjusted Gini Coefficient and ‘Months Equivalent’ Degree of Tourism Seasonality: A Research Note," Tourism Economics, , vol. 10(1), pages 95-100, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:toueco:v:10:y:2004:i:1:p:95-100
    DOI: 10.5367/000000004773166619
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    1. Martínez, José Manuel Guaita & Martín, José María Martín & Rey, María del Sol Ostos, 2020. "An analysis of the changes in the seasonal patterns of tourist behavior during a process of economic recovery," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).

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