Inter-league competition for talent vs. competitive balance

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 783-797

  Palomino, Frédéric ^a   Sákovics, József ^b  

^a CEPR ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive balance; Revenue sharing; Sports league

Indexed keywords

BROADCASTING; MARKETING; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; TELEVISION;

BROADCASTERS; COMPETITIVE BALANCE; REVENUE SHARINGS; SPORTS LEAGUES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 3142609399     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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