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THE DEGREE OF COMPETITION IN THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES: A STATISTICAL APPROACH

HALICIOGLU, Ferda - EconWPA - 2005

As a professional sport, professional football teams in a league compete in imperfect market conditions since every team in a professional football league may be known by their differentiated product (i.e. the quality of football they play). If the competition level increases, the quality of...

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Why don’t we do what we want? Non-consumers and the public dilemma in cultural promotion.

Rausell-Köster, Pau; Serrano, Francisco Marco- - EconWPA - 2004

We deal with tastes and preferences, revising the linkages between both in order to analyse the special case where we express preferences to goods that do not appeal to us. We deduce the concept of a deconstructed demand and define two types of goods (embarrassing and reputable). With the help...

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Turkiye 1. Profesyonel Football Ligi Rekabet Duzeyi: 1958-1998 ( Degree of Football Competition in the Turkish First Division: 1958-1998) (In TURKISH)

HALICIOGLU, Ferda - EconWPA - 2005

This study is primarily concerned with the degree of professional football competition in the Turkish first division football since its establishment. Moreover, this article aims to find the optimal number of football teams in a league as well as presenting the effects of the changes in point...

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Análisis de la Eficiencia en el Sector de las Artes Escénicas: El Caso del ‘Circuït Teatral Valencià’ (1995-1999)

Marco-Serrano, Francisco - EconWPA - 2004

The performing arts sector is also capable of being studied from the point of view of economics. Having this into account we focus on its relation resources/products and on the concept of efficiency as one of the components of the productivity, analyzing the period 1995-1999 in order to...

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Police numbers up, crime rates down. The effect of police on crime in the Netherlands, 1996-2003

Vollaard, Ben - EconWPA - 2005

We present evidence on the effect of greater numbers of police personnel on crime and nuisance reduction in the … regions, allowing us to use this policy intervention to identify the effect of police on crime and nuisance. We control for … regional economic, social and demographic factors and for national trends that might obscure the effect of police on crime. We …

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Staff Growth in International Organizations: A Principal-Agent Problem? An Empirical Analysis

Vaubel, Roland; Dreher, Axel; Soylu, Ugurlu - EconWPA - 2003

The analysis covers 27 international organizations in the years 1950- 2001. From the first to the last year, staff increased at a compound average rate of 3.2 percent per annum. Since the number of member states rose by only 2.5 percent, the elasticity of staff to member states is larger than...

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Base Realignment and Closure: Guiding Principles for Peru

McNab, Robert M - EconWPA - 2004

In this paper, we examine the prospects for base realignment and closure in Peru and develop an initial strategy for the realignment and closure process. While previous research has focused primarily on the realignment and closure process in developed countries, we instead focus on the need for...

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THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2005

Reference: Challenge, January/February, 1979

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Global Threats and the Domestic Struggle for Power

Garfinkel, Michelle R. - EconWPA - 2003

favor. An increased external threat of terrorism--either an increase in the likelihood of a successful terrorist attack or a … security among the groups against external threats and a greater conflict between them in the domestic struggle for power. …

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Appeasing Nihilists? Some Economic Thoughts on Reducing Terrorist Activity

Schnellenbach, Jan - EconWPA - 2005

Recent contributions to the economics of terrorism have given contradicting recommendations for campaigning against terrorism, from the proposal to deprive terrorists of their resources to the proposal of raising the opportunity costs of terrorism by increasing the wealth of the affected...

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