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Revenue Sharing and Player Salaries in Major League Baseball
Journal of Sports Economics
  • James Richard Hill, Central Michigan University
  • Nicholas A. Jolly, Marquette University
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
12-1-2017
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Disciplines
Abstract

This article analyzes how changes made to the revenue sharing agreement in the 2007 Major League Baseball collective bargaining agreement influenced the salaries of position players and pitchers. The tax rates associated with revenue sharing decreased following ratification of the 2007 agreement. Theoretically, these changes should increase players’ marginal revenue product and, therefore, salaries. Results indicate that position players experienced an increase in salary following the 2007 agreement. Pitchers’ salaries also increased, but by a smaller amount. The effect of the 2007 agreement was different throughout the salary distribution for position players, but uniform throughout the distribution for pitchers.

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Accepted version. Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 18, No. 8 (December 1, 2017): 831-849. DOI. © 2017 SAGE Publications. Used with permission.

Citation Information
James Richard Hill and Nicholas A. Jolly. "Revenue Sharing and Player Salaries in Major League Baseball" Journal of Sports Economics (2017) ISSN: 1527-0025
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nicholas-jolly/1/