Market Size, Pay, and Performance: A General Model and Application to Major League Baseball

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-125

  Burger, John D ^a   Walters, Stephen J K ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84990394487     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002503004002002     Document Type: Article

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