Mixing the princes and the paupers: Pay and performance in the National Basketball Association

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-388

  Simmons, Rob ^a   Berri, David J ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basketball; Pay inequality; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955468713     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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