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An empirical investigation of wage discrimination in professional basketball

Mark Gius
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Donn Johnson
Pages 703-705 | Published online: 22 Oct 2010

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Candon Johnson & Joshua Hall. (2018) Do National Basketball Association players need higher salaries to play in high tax states? Evidence from free agents. Applied Economics Letters 25:5, pages 359-361.
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