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The NBA’s Maximum Player Salary and the Distribution of Player Rents
Hastings, Kelly M.; Stephenson, Frank - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 3 (2015) 2, pp. 75-83
The NBA’s 1999 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) included provisions capping individual player pay in addition to … team payrolls. This study examines the effect the NBA’s maximum player salary on player rents by comparing player pay from …
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Performance bonuses and effort: Evidence from fight night awards in mixed martial arts
Gift, Paul - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-11
This paper investigates the role of fight night bonus awards on fighter behavior in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Extreme Cage (WEC) fighting mixed martial arts (MMA) promotions. Behavior is analyzed using detailed fighter performance statistics, exploiting variation in...
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Country of origin effects on the average annual values of NHL player contracts
Fenn, Aju J.; Gerdes, Lucas; Rothstein, Samuel - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 7 (2019) 2, pp. 1-11
Using data from 2005 to 2016, this paper examines if players in the National Hockey League (NHL) are being paid a positive differential for their services due to the competition from the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). In order to control for performance, we...
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