Never Change a Winning Team: An Analysis of Hazard Rates in the NBA

Dilger Alexander


Zusammenfassung
We estimate Cox models to determine proportional hazard rates in professional basketball, concerning leaving the league or changing the team by using a database covering all players of the NBA in the 90's. We predict and confirm that league-hazards depend on a player's performance. A team-switch, however, cannot depend on low performance itself because there has to be a team willing to accept the (new) player. Accordingly we find that a good scoring performance and an intense use of a player reduces the probability of a team-switch, whereas high salaries or non-scoring performance do not.



Publikationstyp
Sonstige wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichung

Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht

Jahr
2002

Band
3/02

Reihe
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Diskussionspapier der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftlichen Fakultät

Ort
Greifswald

Sprache
Englisch

ISSN
1437-6989

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