Voting behavior, discrimination and the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

We investigate whether black, Latin, and white major league baseball players receive the same consideration by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in voting for membership into The National Baseball Hall of Fame. The first stage of Heckman's two-step procedure indicates that the probabilit...

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Publicado en:Economic Inquiry Vol. 35; pp. 562 - 579
Autores principales: Findlay, David W., Reid, Clifford E.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell July 1997
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Sumario:We investigate whether black, Latin, and white major league baseball players receive the same consideration by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in voting for membership into The National Baseball Hall of Fame. The first stage of Heckman's two-step procedure indicates that the probability a black player will ever receive at least one vote is significantly lower than that for his white counterpart. The second stage suggests that race or ethnicity sometimes matter in determining the number of votes a candidate receives for Hall of Fame membership. Reprinted by permission of Western Economic International 7400 Center Ave., Ste. 109, Huntington Beach, CA 92647-3039, USA. Ph. 1-714-898-3222, Fax 1-714-891-6715. E-mail [|Wu]info @weainternational.org[|WU] [|Wu]http://www.weainternational.org.[|WU]