High popularity and a high market value are important for a footballer's regular wage as well as advertising and sponsor contracts. Yet how can a football player improve his popularity and market value? The aim of this study is to examine whether a good performance during the 2012 European...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, inwiefern die UEFA Champions League den Marktwert eines teilnehmenden Fußball-Bundesligateams und das (Transfer-)Verhalten der beteiligten Vereinsverantwortlichen beeinflusst. Ziel ist dabei, die Erkenntnisse aus einer vom Autor zuvor durchgeführten,...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, welche Komponenten der Dienstleistungsqualität einen Einfluss auf die Zufriedenheit und Verhaltensabsichten von Mitgliedern in deutschen Reitvereinen haben. Für diese Untersuchung wird ein Strukturgleichungsmodell aufgestellt und das Partial Least...

Die Qualität einer Dienstleistung vor der Inanspruchnahme zu beurteilen, ist für Kunden nicht leicht. Dieser Beitrag untersucht mögliche Qualitätsindikatoren von Reitschulen in Deutschland und versucht, Qualitätsunterschiede zwischen Reitschulen herauszufinden. Die Daten für die...

We examine the value of sporting success to the German population at two major sport events in 2012, the European Championships in football and the London Olympic Games. Using the contingent valuation method (CVM), this study is the first to compare the value of sporting success between two...

This study examines the willingness-to-pay (WTP) and the willingness-to-work (WTW) of German riding club members for an overall quality improvement. Therefore, German riding club members were asked via an online questionnaire. As far as the author knows, this study is the first to include the...

Can raising awareness of racial bias subsequently reduce that bias? We address this question by exploiting the widespread media attention highlighting racial bias among professional basketball referees that occurred in May 2007 following the release of an academic study. Using new data, we...

Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...

We show that professional soccer players exhibit reference-dependent behavior during matches. Controlling for the state of the match and for unobserved heterogeneity, we show on a minute-by-minute basis that a player breaches the rules of the game, measured by the referee’s assignment of...