Volume 145, Number 1, 201-209, DOI: 10.1007/s10479-006-0024-9

Final-offer arbitration in major league baseball: A nonparametric analysis

Lawrence Hadley and John Ruggiero

From the issue entitled "Performance Evaluation and Beyond: Data Envelopment Analysis Research Frontiers in Honor of William W. Cooper"

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Abstract

This study extends the non-parametric methodology for empirical efficiency analysis to allow for a double frontier based on perspective and applies the model to final-offer arbitration in major league baseball. Arbitration eligible players perceive their worth relative to other players who earn more with no better performance. Owners, on the other hand, perceive a player's value relative to other players performing as well with lower salaries. The two different perspectives give rise to different perceived frontiers. The purpose of this paper is to analyze arbitration using this approach.

Keywords  Non-parametric performance analysis - Salary arbitration - Major league baseball

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