Free Agency and the Concentration of Player Talent in Major League Baseball

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 335-353

  Depken, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84990353943     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152700250200300403     Document Type: Article

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