An economic model of the college football recruiting process

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-87

  Dumond, J Michael ^a   Lynch, Allen K ^b   Platania, Jennifer ^c  

^a ERS Group   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BCS; College; Football; Probit; Recruiting

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649093148     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002506298125     Document Type: Article

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