Do firms maximize? Evidence from professional football

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 340-365

  Romer, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646446024     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501171     Document Type: Article

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