A competitive index for international sport

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 587-603

  Mitchell, Heather ^a   Stewart, Mark F ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; FINANCE; SOCIAL POLICY; SPORT;

EID: 33947540011     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500447740     Document Type: Article

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