Fan, Qingliang; Lien, Jaimie W.; Lin, Meng; Zheng, Jie - 2021
We examine the effect of contract-based incentives on the performance of NBA players using data from the 2004-05 to 2014-15 seasons. We find support for a contract year effect, meaning that players in the last season of their current contract improve their performance in order to secure better...