Vend it like beckham: David beckham's effect on mls ticket sales

International Journal of Sport Finance

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 189-195

  Lawson, Robert A ^a   Sheehan, Kathleen ^b   Stephenson, E Frank ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Capital University   (Argentina)

^c BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendance; David beckham; Mls; Soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349323494     PISSN: 15586235     EISSN: 1930076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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