The incentive effects of levelling the playing field - an empirical analysis of amateur golf tournaments

Applied Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1193-1200

  Franke, Jörg ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPORT;

EID: 80051638450     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2010.537646     Document Type: Article

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