Racial integration as an innovation: Empirical evidence from sports leagues

被引：52

作者：

Goff, BL ^{[1
]}

McCormick, RE

Tollison, RD

机构：

[1] Western Kentucky Univ, Dept Econ, Bowling Green, KY 42101 USA

[2] Clemson Univ, Dept Econ, Clemson, SC 29634 USA

[3] Univ Mississippi, Dept Econ, University, MS 38677 USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2002年 / 92卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1257/000282802760015586

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper treats racial integration as an innovation in economic process in which economic entities find it advantageous to utilize potentially more productive inputs Previously unavailable due to law, custom, or managerial discretion. Data on the racial integration of Major League Baseball and Atlantic Coast Conference basketball are employed to address this issue. The central question examined is which type of team integrated first-losers or winners? The results strongly support the idea that entrepreneurship trumps competitive rivalry that is, winning teams led the process of racial integration.

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