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?La Grande Boucle?: Determinants of Success at the Tour de France
Torgler, Benno - 2005
Cycling has not been analyzed intensively in the economics of sports literature. This paper reports empirical evidence of individuals' performances in the 2004 "Tour de France". We investigate different performances such as total ranking, mountain ranking, time trial rankings as dependent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168192
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Nerves of Steel? Stress, Work Performance and Elite Athletes
Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2009
There is a notable shortage of empirical research directed at measuring the magnitude and direction of stress effects on performance in a controlled environment. One reason for this is the inherent difficulties in identifying and isolating direct performance measures for individuals....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168333
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Behavioural sports economics : a research companion
Altman, Hannah Josepha Rachel (ed.); Altman, Morris (ed.);  … - 2022
Introduction : Behavioural Sports Economics / Hannah Altman, Morris Altman, Benno Torgler -- Sport as a Behavioural … Economics in Women's Sport / Stephanie Manning, Ho Fai Chan, and David A. Savage -- Winner Alright? New Evidence on High … exploring football spectator no-show behaviour in Europe / Dominik Schreyer -- The Relationship of Happiness and Sport / Bruno S …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168817
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Predicting season ticket holder no-show behaviour : more nuanced evidence from Switzerland
Schreyer, Dominik; Torgler, Benno - In: Applied economics 53 (2021) 48, pp. 5549-5566
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012626916
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Perceived trade-off between education and sports career : evidence from professional football
Schmidt, Sascha Leonard; Torgler, Benno; Jung, Verena - In: Applied economics 49 (2017) 29, pp. 2829-2850
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819742
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Nerves of Steel? Stress, Work Performance and Elite Athletes
Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - School of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2009
There is a notable shortage of empirical research directed at measuring the magnitude and direction of stress effects on performance in a controlled environment. One reason for this is the inherent difficulties in identifying and isolating direct performance measures for individuals....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528461
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Nerves of Steel? Stress, Work Performance and Elite Athletes
Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2009
There is a notable shortage of empirical research directed at measuring the magnitude and direction of stress effects on performance in a controlled environment. One reason for this is the inherent difficulties in identifying and isolating direct performance measures for individuals....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459776
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?La Grande Boucle?: Determinants of Success at the Tour de France
Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2004
Cycling has not been analyzed intensively in the economics of sports literature. This paper reports empirical evidence of individuals? performances in the 2004 ?Tour de France?. We investigate different performances such as total ranking, mountain ranking, time trial rankings as dependent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005673527
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What shapes attitudes toward paying taxes? Evidence from multicultural European countries
Torgler, Benno; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006
detailed examination of the impact of culture and institutions using datasets from the World Values Survey and the European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276666
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It Is About Believing: Superstition and Religiosity
Torgler, Benno - 2003
This paper has a novel framework analysing what shapes superstition in a multivariate analysis. The results indicate that socio-demographic and socio-economic variables matter. The results also indicate that there is a certain concurrence between churches and superstitious beliefs. In most of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168170