Exit Discrimination in the NBA. Is there a Bias against Foreigners?

Peter Groothuis and James Richard Hill

No 15-10, Working Papers from Department of Economics, Appalachian State University

Abstract: Using a panel of National Basketball Association players from 1989 through 2013, we analyze the determinants of career length in the league. In our analysis we include performance, the race of the player and nationality of origin to determine their importance in determining career length. First we find that the performance is an important determinant of career length and that the race of the player does not determine career suggesting that there is no race based exit discrimination. We do find, however, that foreign-born players have shorter careers than do American-born players holding performance constant. In particular we find that foreign players who did not play college basketball in the United States have a higher probability of exit than foreign players who played college ball in the United States. Key Words: National Basketball Association, discrimination, and professional sports.

JEL-codes: L83 Z22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015, Revised 2015
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