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Sports Economics: It May be Fun but What's the Point?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Alex Bryson ,
Bernd Frick  and
Rob Simmons
Alex Bryson*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Economic and Social Research, CEP and IZA
Bernd Frick*
Affiliation:
University of Paderborn
Rob Simmons*
Affiliation:
University of Lancaster
*
E-mail: a.bryson@niesr.ac.uk
E-mail: Bernd.Frick@notes.uni-paderborn.de
E-mail: r.simmons@lancaster.ac.uk
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National Institute Economic Review , Volume 232 , May 2015 , pp. R1 - R3
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Copyright © 2015 National Institute of Economic and Social Research

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