Structure of the British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon Hotel Industries-A Comparative Analysis
比较了加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省与美国华盛顿州、俄勒冈州的酒店业结构，发现因酒类许可法规差异，不列颠哥伦比亚省酒店业以小规模低效单位为主，且美国企业集中度更高。
Because British Columbia, Oregon and Washington are similar in terms of demographic and geographic characteristics, it could be expected, a priori, that their tourist accommodation industries would be similar. However, the research shows that due mainly to vagaries in the British Columbia liquor licensing regulations the structure of the provincial hotel industry is dissimilar to its U.S. counterparts, being characterized by a large proportion of inefficiently small units. Investigation of ownership links reveals that hotel enterprise concentration is higher in the U.S. Pacific Northwest than in British Columbia, and that the major hotel chains operate on both sides of the border. It is also shown that a significant percentage of the British Columbia industry is controlled by U.S. multi-nationals.