Large sport events and unemployment: The case of the 2006 soccer World Cup in Germany

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 3295-3302

  Hagn, Florian ^a   Maennig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKET CONDITIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 70350761725     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701604545     Document Type: Article

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