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International Women's Soccer and Gender Inequality: Revisited
Matheson, Victor; Congdon-Hohman, Joshua - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2011
Olympics and soccer’s World Cup. This paper serves to update past work on international women’s soccer performance given the … rapid development of the game over the past decade. We compare the determinants of men’s international soccer team …’s performance. Several measures of gender equality improve soccer performance for both men’s and women’s soccer suggesting these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611189
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An Evaluation of the Economic Impact of National Football League Mega-events
Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2011
This paper evaluates the magnitude and the economic impact of NFL mega-events including the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl. The paper also reviews the theory behind the usual findings that the observed economic benefits of mega-events are almost always a fraction of the benefits claimed a priori.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611184
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Have public finance principles been shut out in financing new sports facilities in the United States?
Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE - 2005
Over the past 15 years, new stadiums in the National Football League have been built at an unprecedented rate, and most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731705
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The Effect of Sports Franchises on Property Values: The Role of Owners versus Renters
Matheson, Victor; Kiel, Katherine A.; Sullivan, Christopher - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2010
This paper estimates the public benefits to homeowners in cities with NFL franchises by examining housing prices rather than housing rents. In contrast to Carlino and Coulson (2004) we find that the presence of an NFL franchise has no effect on housing prices in a city. Furthermore, we also test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685079
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Salary Cap Regulation in Professional Team Sports
Dietl, Helmut; Franck, Egon; Lang, Markus; Rathke, Alexander - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008
aggregate salary payments. Taking into account the idiosyncrasies of European football, our paper further highlights the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015174
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Competitive Balance and Revenue Sharing in Sports Leagues with Utility-Maximizing Teams
Dietl, Helmut; Grossmann, Martin; Lang, Markus - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2009
This paper develops a contest model of a professional sports league in which clubs maximize a weighted sum of profits and wins (utility maximization). The model analyzes how more win-oriented behavior of certain clubs affects talent investments, competitive balance and club profits. Moreover, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509393
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The Sugar Daddy's Game: How Wealthy Investors Change Competition in Professional Team Sports
Grossmann, Martin; Lang, Markus; Theiler, Philipp - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2010
Professional sports leagues have witnessed the appearance of so-called "sugar daddies" - people who invest enormous amounts of money into clubs and become their owners. This paper presents a contest model of a professional sports league that incorporates this phenomenon. We analyze how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542524
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A Contest Model of a Professional Sports League with Two-Sided Markets
Dietl, Helmut; Duschl, Tobias; Franck, Egon; Lang, Markus - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2009
This paper develops a model of a professional sports league with network externalities by integrating the theory of two-sided markets into a contest model. In professional team sports, the competition of the clubs functions as a platform that enables sponsors to interact with fans. In these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542525
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Competitive Balance and Revenue Sharing in Sports Leagues with Utility-Maximizing Teams
Dietl, Helmut; Grossmann, Martin; Lang, Markus - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2009
This paper develops a contest model of a professional sports league in which clubs maximize a weighted sum of profits and wins (utility maximization). The model analyzes how more win-oriented behavior of certain clubs affects talent investments, competitive balance and club profits. Moreover, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739910
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A Contest Model of a Professional Sports League with Two-Sided Markets
Dietl, Helmut; Duschl, Tobias; Franck, Egon; Lang, Markus - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2009
This paper develops a model of a professional sports league with network externalities by integrating the theory of two-sided markets into a contest model. In professional team sports, the competition of the clubs functions as a platform that enables sponsors to interact with fans. In these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739922