The cost of discrimination: A study of major league baseball

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 603-627

  Hanssen, Andrew ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032326834     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1060782     Document Type: Article

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