The Economics of Sports
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ISBN: 9781138052161
Author: Michael A. Leeds, Peter von Allmen, Victor A. Matheson
Publisher: Routledge
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Chapter 3, Problem 7P
To determine
The way in which the weakest team be one of the most profitable teams.
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