Valuing the consumption benefits from professional sports franchises

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-337

  Alexander, Donald L ^a   Kern, William ^a   Neill, Jon ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Private and public consumption benefits; Sport economics; Stadium costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259597     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/juec.1999.2169     Document Type: Article

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