Professional golf: Labor or leisure

Otis W. Gilley; Marc C Chopin

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Professional golf: Labor or leisure

Otis W. Gilley, Marc C Chopin

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Abstract

Although most labor and microeconomic textbooks contain a theoretical discussion of the backward-bending labor supply curve, scant empirical evidence of this phenomenon exists. In this paper we investigate the behavior of PGA golf professionals as they make laborleisure choices for performing on the PGA Tour. Using tournament theory to model this labor market and data from tournament performances over three separate years, we find significant evidence that higher paid PGA Tour players do indeed operate in the backward-bending region of their labor supply curves.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	33-45
Number of pages	13
Journal	Managerial Finance
Volume	26
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/03074350010766774
State	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Economic theory
Financial incentives
Labour
Sport
Supply

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Finance
Strategy and Management

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Gilley, O. W., & Chopin, M. C. (2000). Professional golf: Labor or leisure. Managerial Finance, 26(7), 33-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074350010766774

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