Owner Objectives and Competitive Balance

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-32

  Fort, Rodney ^a   Quirk, James ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

competitive balance; profit maximization; talent market; winning percentage maximization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990405113     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002503261275     Document Type: Article

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