Racial discrimination among NBA referees

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1859-1887

  Price, Joseph ^a   Wolfers, Justin ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 78649850878     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2010.125.4.1859     Document Type: Article

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