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The ‘real’ birthday effect: post-birthday running performance of Football Bundesliga players

Pamela Wickera Department of Sports Science, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Daniel Weimarb Department of Managerial Economics, Mercator School of Management, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8903-0374View further author information
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Johannes Orlowskic Department of Business Administration, University of Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9545-0052View further author information
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Pages 1129-1133 | Published online: 08 Apr 2021

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