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Making the Majors : the transformation of team sports in America

Leifer, Eric M. - 1995

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Who Gives More? A Comparative Perspective of Philanthropic Giving through Foundations within the UEFA and the NFL

Dietl, Helmut; Franck, Egon; Hillebrandt, Julia - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2010

Due to the specifics of the football governance systems and cultures of Europe and the United States, we hypothesize … that the charitable foundation involvement of the National Football League (NFL) and its teams is more pronounced than that … of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and its Champions League (UCL) clubs. On the basis of a literature …

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Systèmes de santé et concurrence

Mougeot, Michel - 1994

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An analysis of Champions League match statistics

Papahristodoulou, Christos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Official match-play statistics from the Champions League tournament between 2001-02 and 2006-07 are used to estimate the impact of various variables on the performance of the teams, measured by goal difference. We find that offensive tactics measured by simple variables, such shots on goals, for...

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THE Economics of Match-Fixing

Caruso, Raul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The phenomenon of match-fixing does constitute a constant element of sport contests. This paper presents a simple formal model in order to explain it. The intuition behind is that an asymmetry in the evaluation of the stake is the key factor leading to match-fixing. In sum, this paper considers...

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Competitive balance and attention level effects: Theoretical considerations and preliminary evidence

Pawlowski, Tim; Budzinski, Oliver - Institut für Volkswirtschaftlehre, Fakultät für … - 2014

We try to better understand possible reasons for deviations between statistically-measured competitive balance (CB) and perceived CB. Moreover, we suggest answers to the following questions: are there specific dimensions of CB that are perceived to be significantly less balanced in the Danish...

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How to account for changes in the size of Sports Leagues? The Iso Competitive Balance Curves.

Gayant, Jean-pascal; Pape, Nicolas Le - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 2, pp. 1715-1723

In this note, we focus on the measure of Competitive Balance in a sport league when the size of the league varies. We construct a Competitive Balance index defined as the ratio of the actual standard deviation to the maximal standard deviation, the value of the denominator depending on the size...

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Measuring Parity in Sports Leagues With Draws

Owen, P. Dorian - In: Journal of Sports Economics 13 (2012) 1, pp. 85-95

This article reexamines the calculation of the relative standard deviation (RSD) measure of competitive balance in leagues in which draws are possible outcomes. Some key conclusions emerging from the exchange between Cain and Haddock and Fort are reversed. There is no difference, for any given...

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Long-term Competitive Balance under UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations

Sass, Markus - Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, … - 2012

This paper analyzes the long-term development of competitive balance in a professional team sports league with win-maximizing clubs facing a strict break-even constraint as imposed by UEFA's new Financial Fair Play Regulations. A classical model of professional team sports leagues is employed to...

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Measuring Parity in Sports Leagues with Draws: Further Comments

Owen, P. Dorian - Department of Economics, School of Business - 2010

This paper re-examines the calculation of the relative standard deviation (RSD) measure of competitive balance in leagues in which draws are possible outcomes. Some key conclusions emerging from the exchange between Cain and Haddock (2006) and Fort (2007) are reversed. There is no difference,...

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