Optimal competitive balance in single-game ticket sports leagues

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 587-601

  Fort, Rodney ^a   Quirk, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive Balance; Optimality; Sports Leagues

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649950299     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002509359906     Document Type: Article

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