First In First Win: Evidence on Unfairness of Round-Robin Tournaments in Mega-Events
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Performance; schedule effects; soccer;All these keywords.
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- D00 - Microeconomics - - General - - - General
- L00 - Industrial Organization - - General - - - General
- D20 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - General
- Z20 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - General
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