Broadcasting, attendance and the inefficiency of cartels

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-265

  Forrest, David ^a   Simmons, Rob ^b   Szymanski, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attendance; Broadcasting; Cartels; Football; Inefficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMETRICS; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DETERMINATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4344578877     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REIO.0000038274.05704.99     Document Type: Article

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