Another look at anti-scalping laws: Theory and evidence

Public Choice

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 55-77

  Depken II, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Professional sports; Secondary markets; Ticket pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846445706     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9072-6     Document Type: Article

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