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Gergaud, Olivier; Verardi, Vincenzo - Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Paris 1 … - 2006

When studying the problem of the emergence of superstars, scholars face great difficulties in measuring talent … of outliers (superstars). In this paper we use an original dataset from the Pokemon trading card game in which (i) there …. This allows to identify superstars, i.e. individuals that are sold at a price which represents several times their …

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Cupid's invisible hand: social surplus and identification in matching models

Galichon, Alfred; Salanié, Bernard - 2021

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What makes you "super-rich"? New evidence from an analysis of football players' earnings

Carrieri, Vincenzo; Principe, Francesco; Raitano, Michele - 2017

This article investigates the influence of performance, popularity and power on "superearnings" using a unique panel dataset of Italian football players built on various sources of data. Using OLS, Panel and Unconditional Quantile regression techniques, we find that detailed measures of these...

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Exclusion in the all-pay auction: An experimental investigation

Fehr, Dietmar; Schmid, Julia - 2017

Contest designers or managers who want to maximize the overall revenue of a contest (relative performance scheme) are frequently concerned with a trade-off between contest homogeneity and inclusion of contestants with high valuations. In our experimental study, we find that it is not profitable...

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The granularity of Spanish exports

de Lucio, Juan; Mínguez, Raúl; Minondo, Asier; … - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 8 (2017) 3, pp. 225-259

Using data for all exporters, we show that it is a small group of firms that dominate exports in Spain. For example, in 2015 the top 200 firms were responsible for half of Spanish exports. This concentration has not changed substantially over the 1997-2015 period. The dominance of a few firms, a...

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Stars in social media: New light through old windows?

Gaenssle, Sophia; Budzinski, Oliver - 2019

We review the economics of superstars, originally developed for stars in traditional media, and discuss whether they … overall result is that the economics of superstars, like the role of talent, market concentration effects, MacDonald-style and …

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Superstars and mediocrities: a solution based on personal income taxation

d'Andria, Diego - 2018

inequality can be due to superstar dynamics or factor complementarities, Terviö ("Superstars and Mediocrities: Market Failure in …

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What does it take to be a star? The role of performance and the media for German soccer players

Lehmann, Erik E.; Schulze, Günther G. - 2007

' performance and media presence to analyze whether performance and popularity can explain salaries and superstars in soccer …

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Demand for TV broadcasts of UEFA Champions League games in Danish television - The impact of uncertainty of outcome, stardom, and local heroes

Budzinski, Oliver; Feddersen, Arne; Kunz-Kaltenhäuser, … - 2022

There are noticeable conceptual differences between competing concepts for organizing the highest level of European Football. One major conceptual controversy is concerned with the question whether fans have a stronger preference for (more) games between the top teams over a broad participation...

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State Taxation of Nonresident Income and the Location of Work

Agrawal, David R.; Tester, Kenneth - 2023

Prior studies show that taxes matter for the residential locations of high-income earners. But, states raise a significant share of revenue from nonresidents. Using variation in state tax rates, we provide causal evidence on the effect of the net-of-tax rate on the location of labor supply for...

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