THE LAW OF GENIUS AND HOME RUNS REFUTED
dc.contributor.author | Dinardo, John | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Winfree, Jason A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T18:41:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T18:41:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | DINARDO, JOHN; WINFREE, JASON (2010). "THE LAW OF GENIUS AND HOME RUNS REFUTED." Economic Inquiry 48(1): 51-64. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71890> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0095-2583 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1465-7295 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71890 | |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2010 Western Economic Association International | en_US |
dc.title | THE LAW OF GENIUS AND HOME RUNS REFUTED | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Economics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Business | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | DiNardo: Professor, School of Public Policy and Department of Economics, University of Michigan and NBER, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091. Phone 734-647-7843, Fax 734-763-9181, E-mail jdinardo@umich.edu | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Winfree: Assistant Professor, Program in Sport Management, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2013. Phone 734-647-5424, Fax 734-647-2808, E-mail jwinfree@umich.edu | en_US |
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dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00176.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Economic Inquiry | en_US |
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