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    Incentives in Professional Boxing Contracts

    Abstract

    ournal of Sports Economics

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    I. Introduction

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    II. Describing a Boxing Contract

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    et. al.

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    IV. The Boxer's Problem

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    V. The Fans' Behavior

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    vice versa

    VI. Some Suggestive Evidence

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    15The Ring

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    VII. Concluding Remarks

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    Table I

    Performance Indicators of Professional Boxing Champions

    (from start of Queensberry Rules to May 1994), and

    z-statistics for Tests of Mean Differences of the Indicators between Weight Groups

    (Full sample)

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    Table II

    Performance Indicators of Professional Boxing Champions

    (from start of Queensberry Rules to May 1994), and

    z-statistics for Tests of Mean Differences of the Indicators between Weight Groups

    (Two highest and two lowest performance indicators omitted in each weight class)

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    References

    The Boxing Record Book

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    Economics and Management in Honor of Lars Wahlbeck

    Journal of Political Economy

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    Bell Journal of Economics

    Journal of Political Economy

    Econometrica

    Econometrica

    This Business of Boxing and "Its Secrets"

    The Ring

    Econometrica

    Journal of

    Economic Theory

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    Dynamic Macroeconomic Theory

    Bell Journal of

    Economics

    ournal of Sports

    Economics