The Economics of Superstars

Pages: 215 - 239
Published: Jun 30, 2009
Abstract
IN RECENT years has not felt his gorge rise upon learning the staggeringly high salary of a shortstop, a movie star, an opera singer? A basketball player on a losing team earns 1.2 million; an author sells the paperback rights to his book for 00,000; a television interviewer switches networks and signs a contract calling for her to receive an annual income of just under $2 million. And the gorge continues to rise. The spectacle of people...
Paper Details
Title
The Economics of Superstars
Published Date
Jun 30, 2009
Pages
215 - 239
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