The Role of uncertainty of outcome and scoring in the determination of fan satisfaction in the NFL

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-221

  Paul, Rodney J ^a   Wachsman, Yoav ^b   Weinbach, Andrew P ^b  

^a ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wall College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

fan interest; football; NFL; scoring; uncertainty of outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952925861     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002510376789     Document Type: Article

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