The NBA and the influx of international basketball players

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1009-1020

  Eschker, Erick ^a   Perez, Stephen J ^b   Siegler, Mark V ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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SPORT;

EID: 3242667332     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000246713     Document Type: Article

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