The Designated Hitter Rule in Baseball as a Natural Experiment
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Keywords
baseball; designated hitter; moral hazard; natural experiment; Japan;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HPE-2010-04-24 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-SPO-2010-04-24 (Sports and Economics)
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