The underpayment of restricted players in North American sports leagues

International Journal of Sport Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-175

  Krautmann, Anthony C ^a   Von Allmen, Peter ^b   Berri, David ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORAVIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free agent; Reserve clause; Surplus; Underpayment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349304310     PISSN: 15586235     EISSN: 1930076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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