Impact of overwhelming joy on consumer demand: The case of a soccer world cup victory

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-42

  Falter, Jean Marc ^a   Pérignon, Christophe ^b   Vercruysse, Olivier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Demand for sports; Externalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649111173     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002506296548     Document Type: Article

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