Consumer discrimination in professional sports: New evidence from major league baseball

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 951-955

  Foley, Mark ^a   Smith, Fred H ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SPORT;

BOSTON; CALIFORNIA; CLEVELAND [OHIO]; HOUSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; SAINT LOUIS; SAN DIEGO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35349026727     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850600705935     Document Type: Article

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