NBA players: are they paid for performance?
Kevin J. Sigler
(Cameron School of Business, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, North Carolina)
William H. Sackley
(Cameron School of Business, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, North Carolina)
2053
Abstract
This paper studies the relationship between NBA players’ salaries and their performance on the basketball court. In other industries executive compensation has been found to have a weak yet significant link to company performance. We find a positive and significant relationship between an NBA player’s salary and a player’s points per game and rebounds per game for 1997‐98 basketball season. These results may be improved by considering qualitative factors and including more years of data.
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Citation
Sigler, K.J. and Sackley, W.H. (2000), "NBA players: are they paid for performance?", Managerial Finance, Vol. 26 No. 7, pp. 46-51. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074350010766783
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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