Why do black basketball players work more for less money?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 201-219

  McCormick, Robert E ^a   Tollison, Robert D ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer discrimination; J15; Price discrimination; Wage differential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041866328     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(00)00156-6     Document Type: Article

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