Understanding College Application Decisions: Why College Sports Success Matters

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-131

  Pope, Devin G ^a   Pope, Jaren C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college sports; school choice; student demographics; student quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894377688     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002512445569     Document Type: Article

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