This paper uses game-level Major League Baseball data to identify whether players with
greater job security shirk in their preparation between games. Past work has identified …

This paper uses Major League Baseball data to examine the relationship between years
remaining on player contracts and player performance. There is a potential for moral hazard …

A number of studies in sports economics looked at the shirking problem inherent in long-
term contracts. Shirking is inferred if the player's actual performance falls below expected …

Long-term deals are one tool that both players and franchises use to manage risk. That tool
has been much discussed and empirically tested with respect to player shirking, and has …

Fans of Major League Baseball (MLB) teams come to the ballpark to see some of their
favorite players on the field. It is the responsibility of the owner and general manager to …

Economic organization literature suggests that property rights assignment affects employee
incentives to shirk. Specifically, when firms own employee property rights, the rents from …

Prior work on long‐term contracts and the incentive to shirk has focused almost exclusively
on Major League Baseball. The current inquiry is the first to examine shirking in the National …

glenn knowles, james murray, keith sherony, and mike haupert tributed to actions by the
player not in the best interests of the owner. The analysis should be based on individual …

Purpose While much of the literature testing for shirking by professional athletes have used
performance metrics, some works have quantified shirking in dollar terms by comparing …

Abstract As guaranteed National Basketball Association (NBA) contract salary amounts
continuously increase there is a strong possibility of shirking due to difficulty in modeling …