Technical Efficiency in the Major League Soccer

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-215

  Haas, Dieter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

DEA; efficiency; Major League Soccer; soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990353554     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002503252144     Document Type: Article

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