Can we be satisfied with our football team? Evidence from Spanish professional football

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 418-442

  González Gómez, Francisco ^a   Picazo Tadeo, Andrés J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition specific performance; Data Envelopment Analysis; Spanish football league; Sports; Supporter satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954582200     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002509341020     Document Type: Article

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