Does Transparency Reduce Favoritism and Corruption? Evidence From the Reform of Figure Skating Judging

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-30

  Zitzewitz, Eric ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; collusion; corruption; judging; nationalism; transparency; vote trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891500281     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002512441479     Document Type: Article

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