Blar i forfatter "Jakobsen, Thomas Tolla"
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Seeking causal effects from a rule change. How did changing the “roughing the passer rule” in 2018 affect salaries for quarterbacks in the NFL?
Jakobsen, Thomas Tolla (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2021-05-31)Following concerns for players safety, the National Football League (NFL) chose to protect the quarterbacks (QB) further by changing the “roughing the passer rule” in 2018. This paper studies the effect this rule change had on QB salaries. This is done by applying a Difference-in-Differences approach on salary data stretching from 2013 to 2021. Our estimate show how the salary increase following the ...