National well-being and international sports events

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-171

  Kavetsos, Georgios ^a   Szymanski, Stefan ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Feelgood factor; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Sporting events

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949540557     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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