Competitive Balance and Game Attendance in Major League Baseball

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 563-580

  Meehan, James W ^a   Nelson, Randy A ^a   Richardson, Thomas V ^a  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology

Author keywords

attendance; competitive balance; Major League Baseball

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990354009     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002506296545     Document Type: Article

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