Date of Award

2018-01-01

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Business Administration

Advisor(s)

Thomas Fullerton

Abstract

This study examines the on-court performance of the thirty National Basketball Association (NBA) teams during the 2016-17 NBA basketball season. Cross sectional data are employed to analyze the wins for the 2016-17 NBA basketball season. Although the results are inconclusive, there is one notable outcome in the negative variable for human capital payroll. Field goal percentage is favored over other in game statistics. Replication of this study for the 437 teams in National Collegiate Athletics Association provides and intriguing opportunity for further research.

Language

en

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Size

41 pages

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Michael Lynn Jaeger

Included in

Economics Commons

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