Production functions for sporting teams

Handbook on the Economics of Sport

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 610-615

  Borland, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 58149490591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781847204073.00077     Document Type: Chapter

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