Exploring the economic choice to participate in sport: Results from the 2002 general household survey

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 633-653

  Downward, Paul ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice behaviour; Participation; Sports

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36049040594     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692170701474710     Document Type: Article

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