The causality between salary structures and team performance: A panel analysis in a professional baseball league

International Journal of Sport Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-150

  Jane, Wen Jhan ^a,c   San, Gee ^b,d   Ou, Yi Pey ^b,d  

^a SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Economics ^*  (Taiwan)

^d Graduate Institution of Industrial Economics

Author keywords

Equity theory; Panel granger causality test; Salary regulation; Tournament theory; Yankee paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349342811     PISSN: 15586235     EISSN: 1930076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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