Uncertainty of Outcome and Super 12 Rugby Union Attendance: Application of a General-to-Specific Modeling Strategy

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-370

  Owen, P Dorian ^a   Weatherston, Clayton R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

general to specific model selection; rugby union attendance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990335445     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002503259062     Document Type: Article

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