Does European regional competitiveness influence sports? An analysis of three sports

Applied Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1476-1489

  Mourao, Paulo Reis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

location; NUTS; regional economics; sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894043258     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2013.877578     Document Type: Article

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