Measuring the Efficiency of Spanish First-Division Soccer Teams

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-346

  Espitia Escuer, Manuel ^a   García Cebrián, Lucía Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

data envelopment analysis; efficiency; Spanish soccer teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990393872     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002503258047     Document Type: Article

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