The Purse Is Not Enough: Modeling Professional Golfers Entry Decision

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-308

  Hood, Matthew ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic labor supply; participation and prize money; PGA tour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990348108     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002504271356     Document Type: Article

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