Pay, productivity and aging in Major League Baseball

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-74

  Hakes, Jahn K ^a   Turner, Chad ^b  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career dynamics; Major League Baseball (MLB); Player salaries and performance; Quintile analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650644836     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-009-0152-8     Document Type: Article

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