The rationality of under-employing the best-performing soccer players

Labour

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-419

  Garcia del Barrio, Pedro ^a   Pujol, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; SPORT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 69149095373     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2009.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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