Do new major league ballparks pay for themselves?

Journal of Business

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2275-2299

  Poitras, Marc ^a   Hadley, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

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EID: 30444452648     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505235     Document Type: Article

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