Are athletes doped? Some theoretical arguments and empirical evidence

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 604-615

  Dilger, Alexander ^a   Frick, Bernd ^b,c   Tolsdorf, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

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EID: 35649003347     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2007.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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