The economic development of the Australian Football League

Handbook on the Economics of Sport

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 552-564

  Booth, Ross ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33845272994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781847204073.00070     Document Type: Chapter

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