Measuring Competitive Balance in Sports using Generalised Entropy with an Application to English Premier League Football
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2010.537638
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- Vani K. Borooah & John Mangan, 2012. "Measuring competitive balance in sports using generalized entropy with an application to English premier league football," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(9), pages 1093-1102, March.
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