"Stacking" in major league baseball: A multivariate analysis

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-34

  Margolis, Benjamin ^b   Piliavin, Jane Allyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033444501     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.16.1.16     Document Type: Article

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