Consumer racial discrimination: A reassessment of the market for baseball cards

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-258

  McGarrity, Joseph ^a   Palmer, Harvey D ^b   Poitras, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0039846259     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-999-1017-7     Document Type: Article

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