On the value of individual athletes in team sports
- This paper deals with the valuation of individuals in teams. Historical data for the National Basketball Association (NBA) was used to analyze the individual athletes’ contribution to team success. The analysis is conducted with data of all players who have played in the NBA since its foundation in 1946. A panel analysis is used to measure age effects. After adjusting the data for these effects, a multiple regression is applied to examine the players’ value assuming constant returns to added value. In a final step, the marginal returns to added value are examined and individual ’effective talent’ is calculated.
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
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| Language: | English |
| Author: | Falk Scherzer |
| Chairs and Professorships: | Chair of Macroeconomics |
| Parent Title (German): | HHL-Arbeitspapier |
| Series (Serial Number): | HHL-Arbeitspapier / HHL Working paper (102) |
| Place of publication: | Leipzig |
| Publisher: | HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management |
| Year of Completion: | 2010 |
| Page Number: | 43 |
| Tag: | Basketball; Evaluation; Production function; Talent; Team sports |
| Licence (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |