| By: |
Papps, Kerry L. (University of Bath);
Bryson, Alex (University College London) |
| Abstract: |
Can the existence of positive productivity spillovers between co-workers be
explained by the presence of complementarities in a firm's production
function? A simple model demonstrates that this is possible when workers
perform their tasks sequentially and part of individuals' pay is determined by
the firm's output, but also that negative spillovers may arise when workers
can raise overall output unilaterally. Data from major league baseball support
these predictions. They show that the pairs of players who are most
complementary in the production process exert the largest positive spillovers
on each other, but that negative spillovers predominate between all player
pairs. |
| Keywords: |
spillovers, teams, substitutes, complements, baseball |
| JEL: |
D24 J24 L23 M52 |
| Date: |
2019–03 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp12252&r=all |