The economic impact of sports facilities, teams and mega-events

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 420-427

  Siegfried, John ^a,b   Zimbalist, Andrew ^c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Five College Graduate Faculty

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; LEISURE INDUSTRY; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SPORTS FACILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845251643     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2006.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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