Gains from specialization and free agency: The story from the gridiron

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-98

  Simmons, Rob ^a   Berri, David J ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free agency; National Football League; Salary; Specialization

Indexed keywords

MODEL TEST; MODELING; PREDICTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPORT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 62749172358     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-009-9200-9     Document Type: Article

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