Did the Soviets collude? A statistical analysis of championship chess 1940-1978

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 10-21

  Moul, Charles C ^a   Nye, John V C ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartels; Chess; Collusion; Draw strategy; Sports economics; Tournaments

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249110089     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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