Racial discrimination in professional basketball: Evidence from Nielsen ratings

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 599-608

  Kanazawa, Mark T ^a   Funk, Jonas P ^b  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Mediaplex   (United States)

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EID: 0035624184     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/39.4.599     Document Type: Article

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