Exit discrimination in the NBA: a duration analysis of career length

Economic Inquiry, April, 2004 by Peter A. Groothuis, J. Richard Hill

(1.) When higher-order polynomials of the fifth and sixth power are included, results do not change, suggesting that a fourth-order polynomial is flexible enough to capture the influence of the baseline hazard.

(2.) In an additional specification when weight and height were interacted the interaction term was significant. All specifications suggest that size matters in career duration.

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