Winning Isn't Everything: Corruption in Sumo Wrestling

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  The American Economic Review

• Publication date

  2002-11-01

• Fields of study

  Economics, Political Science

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  DOI 10.1257/000282802762024665
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