Baseball salary arbitration forces arbitrator choice between two party-fixed figures

Evidence

Voluntary Arbitration After a period in the major leagues, a baseball player who cannot agree with his team on a salary is eligible to take the dispute to arbitration. The player proposes a salary that he believes is fair and offers arguments and evidence for his position. The team submits a different figure and supports its position. The arbitrator then chooses one of the two figures, and both parties are bound by that decision. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1165

Categorization

• XREF: Final-offer arbitration connects to bargaining theory in labor economics and to the course’s broader study of ADR institutional design. — connects to: Final-offer arbitration binds both parties to the arbitrator’s chosen figure — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2340; Voluntary arbitration rests on party consent, selection, and negotiated rules — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1168

Broader Connections

• Final-offer arbitration binds both parties to the arbitrator’s chosen figure #expands (0.93) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2340
• Voluntary arbitration rests on party consent, selection, and negotiated rules #qualifies (0.72) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1168