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 teamswitch,...

Die vorliegende empirische Dissertation untersucht verschiedene Forschungsfragen im Bereich der Sportökonomie. Die empirischen Analysen werden anhand von individuell zusammengestellten Datensätzen mit Informationen zur finanziellen und sportlichen Leistungsfähigkeit der vier großen...

One of the most stylized facts in labor economics is the finding that wages tend to rise with job duration but what is the role of productivity between this relation? Intuitively, it seems rather unspectacular that experienced workers' earnings are higher than otherwise comparable junior...

The concept of competitive balance is a central aspect in the literature of sports economics. A popular argumentation of sport functionaries is that dominance of one or a few teams could lead to unequal incomes for the clubs, restrictions in the clubs' ability to improve sporting performance and...