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League‐Level Attendance And Outcome Uncertainty In U.S. Pro Sports Leagues
dc.contributor.authorMills, Brianen_US
dc.contributor.authorFort, Rodneyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-04T18:57:13Z
dc.date.available2015-03-02T14:35:33Zen_US
dc.date.issued2014-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationMills, Brian ; Fort, Rodney (2014). "League‐Level Attendance And Outcome Uncertainty In U.S. Pro Sports Leagues." Economic Inquiry 52(1).en_US
dc.identifier.issn0095-2583en_US
dc.identifier.issn1465-7295en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/101798
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.titleLeague‐Level Attendance And Outcome Uncertainty In U.S. Pro Sports Leaguesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusiness and Economicsen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumFort: Professor, Department of Sports Management, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109‐2808. Phone 734‐647‐8989, Fax 734‐647‐2808, E‐mail rodfort@umich.eduen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherMills: Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611‐8200. Phone 352‐294‐1664, E‐mail bmmillsy@hhp.ufl.eduen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/101798/1/ecin.12037.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ecin.12037en_US
dc.identifier.sourceEconomic Inquiryen_US
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