A hypothesis about the supply function in the tourist industry
- F. Zaccaria,
- University San PioV of Rome,
- University of Rome La Sapienza
Open access
Publication Information
Output type
Original language
EnglishPages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages 817-821 (5 pages)Publication milestones
- Published - 01/01/2009
Publication status
Volume
120Publisher
WITPressISBN (Print)
9781845641818Publication IDs
- Scopus: 71749110555
Host publication title
Sustainable Development and Planning IVAbstract
This paper deals with the supply function trend in the tourism industry. In this regard, Sraffa's theory is based on a strong link between a perfectly competitive system and supply at constant cost and consequently with stabile supply prices. The paper's purpose is to present an analysis of specific problems of the supply trend in the tourism industry. Brief research shows that the tourism industry has a decreasing trend. The supply function's character is due to internal economies and chiefly to external economies. An analysis on trends of the tourism industry proves that this sector of the economy operates in a system that is not of perfect competition but is characterized by imperfect or monopolistic competition. At a certain point of function we can remark on an opposite trend because the function begins to rise.
