The Economics of Baseball Contraction

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-388

  Noll, Roger G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

baseball; contraction; social benefits of teams; sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990345064     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002503257543     Document Type: Article

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