An examination of NBA MVP voting behavior: Does race matter?

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 606-627

  Coleman, B Jay ^a   DuMond, J Michael ^b   Lynch, Allen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ERS Group   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basketball; Discrimination; Probit; Tobit

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349145947     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002508320653     Document Type: Article

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