Demand for sport

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 478-502

  Borland, Jeffery ^a   Macdonald, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Premiership Strategies International   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SPORT;

EID: 1542610125     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/19.4.478     Document Type: Article

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