On the price and income sensitivity of the demand for sports: Has linder's disease become more serious?

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 601-618

  Løyland, Knut ^a   Ringstad, Vidar ^a  

^a Telemark Research Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consumer survey data; Income elasticity; Linder's disease; Price elasticities; Sports demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149105324     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002509334231     Document Type: Article

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