TY - JOUR
T1 - The rookie draft and competitive balance
T2 - The case of professional football
AU - Grier, Kevin B.
AU - Tollison, Robert D.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1994/10
Y1 - 1994/10
N2 - This paper presents some empirical evidence on the issue of whether the rookie draft in professional football promotes competitive balance in the winning records of National Football League teams. The results suggest that the rookie draft is a balancing institution, and that the ability to use the draft to improve winning performance varies across teams.
AB - This paper presents some empirical evidence on the issue of whether the rookie draft in professional football promotes competitive balance in the winning records of National Football League teams. The results suggest that the rookie draft is a balancing institution, and that the ability to use the draft to improve winning performance varies across teams.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0040902535&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0167-2681(94)90016-7
DO - 10.1016/0167-2681(94)90016-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0040902535
VL - 25
SP - 293
EP - 298
JO - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
JF - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
SN - 0167-2681
IS - 2
ER -