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Free-Agency and the Competitiveness of Major League Baseball

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Craig Depken

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Volume (Year): 14 (1999)
Issue (Month): 3 (May)
Pages: 205-217
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  1. Martin Schmidt & David Berri, 2002. "Competitive Balance and Market Size in Major League Baseball: A Response to Baseball's Blue Ribbon Panel," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 41-54, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Allen R. Sanderson & John J. Siegfried, 2003. "Thinking About Competitive Balance," Working Papers 0318, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University. [Downloadable!]
  3. Aju Fenn & Peter Allmen & Stacey Brook & Thomas Preissing, 2005. "The Influence of Structural Changes and International Players on Competitive Balance in the NHL," Atlantic Economic Journal, International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 33(2), pages 215-224, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Anthony C. Krautmann & Lawrence Hadley, 2006. "Dynasties versus pennant races: competitive balance in major league baseball," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(4), pages 287-292. [Downloadable!]
  5. Jennifer K. Ashcraft & Craig A. Depken, II, 2007. "The Introduction of the Reserve Clause in Major League Baseball: Evidence of its Impact on Select Player Salaries During the 1880s," Working Papers 0710, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
  6. Stefan Szymanski, 2006. "The Champions League and the Coase Theorem," Working Papers 0617, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
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