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Baseball success and the structure of salaries

Donald G. Richards Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, 47809, USA
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Robert C. Guell Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, 47809, USA
Pages 291-296 | Received 07 Nov 1996, Published online: 02 Nov 2006

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