That football Head Coaches will be dismissed for poor performance and will quit when they have better outside options … and quits are more common in Italy and Spain than in Germany and France, suggesting institutions may be important. We …

This paper investigates firm survival in professional football, arguing that the relegation and promotion system in … football leagues is very similar to firm exits and entries in traditional goods and service markets. Empirically, we use a … dataset containing information on how long football teams have participated in the German Premier League over the playing …