Stationarity and Major League Baseball Attendance Analysis

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 408-415

  Fort, Rodney ^a   Lee, Young Hoon ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hansung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

baseball attendance; sports time series; stationarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990380734     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002505276717     Document Type: Article

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