Free Agency and Pay Discrimination in Major League Baseball

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-286

  Singh, Parbudyal ^a   Sack, Allen ^a   Dick, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

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EID: 0141502412     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.20.3.275     Document Type: Article

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