RT info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper T1 The impact of e-commerce on the tourist purchase decision : an empirical analysis A1 Muro Romero, Juan de Dios A1 Suárez Gálvez, Cristina A1 Zamora Sanz, María del Mar K1 e-Commerce K1 Tourism K1 Binary choice model with selectivity K1 Comercio electrónico K1 Turismo K1 Modelos de elección binaria con selección K1 Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models K1 C25 K1 L83 K1 Ciencias económicas K1 Estadística K1 Economics K1 Statistics AB The development in the tourist industry linked with the rapid growth in e-commerce has put in evidence the existence of a new customer. We empirically investigate the microeconomic determinants of the internet purchased tourist goods. We adopt a reduced form demand for online goods model, extended to incorporate possible selectivity biases stemming from interactions between unobserved individual heterogeneity associated with specific internet use choice. The model is estimated using a very rich dataset from EGATUR (Encuesta de Gasto Turístico), the Spanish Foreign Tourist Expenditure Survey. The sample allows us to explore the influence of price and income related variables as well as personal characteristics on internet purchased goods. Price and income results are consistent with theory. Unobserved individual heterogeneity linked with the use of the internet is significantly correlated to unobserved individual heterogeneity related to online purchases. PB Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Estadística, Estructura Económica y Organización Económica Internacional YR 2007 FD 2007-01 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/1327 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/1327 LA eng DS MINDS@UW RD 28-mar-2024