How close to their offensive potential do national football league teams play?

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 743-747

  Hofler, Richard A ^a   Payne, James E ^a  

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EID: 0010670887     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048596355808     Document Type: Article

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