UNCERTAINTY OF OUTCOME, PLAYER QUALITY AND ATTENDANCE AT NATIONAL PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP RUGBY UNION MATCHES: AN EVALUATION IN LIGHT OF THE COMPETITIONS REVIEW

Economic Papers

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-324

  Owen, P Dorian ^b   Weatherston, Clayton R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

General to specific modelling; Player quality; Rugby union attendance; Uncertainty of outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349816839     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2004.tb00985.x     Document Type: Article

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