The English football industry: Profit, performance and industrial structure

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-153

  Szymanski, Stefan ^a   Smith, Ron ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOTBALL INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; PREMIER LEAGUE;

EID: 0031410770     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692179700000008     Document Type: Article

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