Overinvestment in team sports leagues: A contest theory model

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-368

  Dietl, Helmut M ^a   Franck, Egon ^a   Lang, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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ECONOMIC THEORY; INVESTMENT; MODELING; SPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 44949085491     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2008.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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