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Beating thy Neighbor: Derby Effects in German Professional Soccer

Bäker, Agnes; Mechtel, Mario; Vetter, Karin - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 232 (2012) 3, pp. 224-246

“normal” soccer matches. Terms such as “Old Firm” (Rangers vs. Celtic), “Merseyside” (Liverpool FC vs. Everton FC … other soccer matches with respect to the number of goals scored by each team, match results, and referee evaluations. The … for fans and the public, they turn out to be “normal” soccer matches in all other respects. …

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The Effects of Institutional Change in European Soccer

Haan, Marco A.; Koning, Ruud H.; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 232 (2012) 3, pp. 318-335

The last decades have seen two profound changes in European soccer. First, international trade in talent has increased …

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Diamonds are Forever: Job-Matching and Career Success of Young Workers

Goeke, Stefan; Prinz, Joachim; Weimar, Daniel - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 234 (2014) 4, pp. 450-473

This study addresses the probability of young workers seeking for promotion after vocational training. By applying semi-parametric duration analysis with competing risks to a dataset of 17 youth rosters, each of them winner of either DFB-U19-Bundesliga or DFB-Youth-Cup between 1998/1999 and...

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Gold, Silver, and Bronze: Determining National Success in Men’s and Women’s Summer Olympic Events

Leeds, Eva Marikova; Leeds, Michael A. - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 232 (2012) 3, pp. 279-292

We add to the literature on Olympic performance by explicitly studying the determinants of women’s performance at the Games.We estimate separatemodels ofmedal production formen and women over the last four Summer Olympic Games. The production of medals is a function of capital, labor, and...

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Consumer Specialization and the Demand for Novelty: a Reconsideration of the Links and Implications for Studying Fashion Cycles in Tourism

Chai, Andreas - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 232 (2012) 6, pp. 678-701

How does the consumer’s predisposition to seek arousing new sensations affect their tendency to accumulate knowledge about consumption activities? Using recent insights about the dynamic interaction of learning mechanisms that are part of the individual’s genetic endowment, we argue that,...

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Inner-Outer Lane Advantage in Olympic 1000 Meter Speed Skating

Kamst, Richard; Kuper, Gerard H.; Sierksma, Gerard; … - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 232 (2012) 3, pp. 293-307

During the Olympic Games and the World Championships Single Distances the 1000m is skated by every skater only one time. However, there may be a difference in skating a 1000m race with a start in the inner and the outer lane that introduces an externality that introduces unfairness. We show that...

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Empirical Evidence on the “Never Change a Winning Team” Heuristic

Nuesch, Stephan; Haas, Hartmut - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 232 (2012) 3, pp. 247-257

teams. Using game-level observations of the highest German soccer league over a period of seven seasons, we find that the …

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A Contest Model of a Professional Sports League with Two-Sided Markets

Dietl, Helmut; Duschl, Tobias; Franck, Egon; Lang, Markus - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 232 (2012) 3, pp. 336-359

This paper develops a model of a professional sports league with network externalities by integrating the theory of two-sided markets into a two-stage contest model. In professional team sports, the competition of the clubs functions as a platform that enables sponsors to interact with fans. In...

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One for Sure or Maybe Three Empirical Evidence for Overtime Play from a Comparison of Swiss Ice Hockey and the NHL

Franck, Egon; Theiler, Philipp - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 232 (2012) 3, pp. 210-223

In order to avoid too many tied games after playing the five-minute overtime period, the National Hockey League (NHL) introduced two rule changes in the 1999-2000 season. First, a team that loses in overtime receives one point instead of zero points. Second, the number of skaters in overtime is...

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Infant Mortality of Professional Sports Clubs: An Organizational Ecology Perspective

Frick, Bernd; Wallbrecht, Björn - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 232 (2012) 3, pp. 360-389

soccer, ice hockey, basketball or handball. However, since a particularly poor performance is usually punished by relegation …

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