The impact of college sports success on the quantity and quality of student applications

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 750-780

  Pope, Devin G ^a   Pope, Jaren C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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