Wages, transfers and the variation of team performance in the English Premier League

The Econometrics of Sport

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 53-62

  Szymanski, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84929070958     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781002865.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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