Finding Economic Lessons in Fading Era of Card Shows
By MARY PILON
Published: April 21, 2012
Can the dying world of baseball card conventions provide a lesson in economics?
The long-dwindling gatherings of card dealers peddling mint-condition Joe DiMaggios and Stan Musials are good examples of what economists call two-sided markets, according to a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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