An Empirical Examination of the Quit Behavior of Professional Baseball Players in Japan

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 80-88

  Ohkusa, Yasushi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84990323736     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152700250100200107     Document Type: Article

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