THE PECULIAR EXTERNALITIES OF PROFESSIONAL TEAM SPORTS

The economics literature has long been divided regarding whether competing sports teams can achieve the same, efficient allocation of playing skills that a revenue‐maximizing league monopolist would choose despite the external effects the teams impose on each other in their pursuit of athletic talen...

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Published in:Economic inquiry 2005-04, Vol.43 (2), p.330-343
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Athletic recruitment
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Professional sports
Skills
Sport games
Strategic planning
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Athletic recruitment
Competition
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Economic aspects
Economic theory
Equilibrium models
Game theory
Professional sports
Skills
Sport games
Strategic planning
Studies
Teams
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