The impact of fantasy football participation on NFL attendance

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-108

  Nesbit, Todd M ^a   King, Kerry A ^a  

^a Penn State Erie   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendance; Fantasy sports; NFL

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950461708     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11293-009-9202-x     Document Type: Article

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