A re-examination of production functions and efficiency estimates for the National Basketball Association

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-66

  Lee, Young Hoon ^a   Berri, David ^b  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MODELING; SPORT; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 38649140464     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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