The paper contributes to explain an unexplored competition that is the Brazilian State Championships. How it is organized and the financial features of three championships are described. The aim of the paper is to discover if the presence of "Brand-teams" in a competition increases the income of...

What is the relationship between landholding inequality and rural unrest? And why does land reform that ostensibly addresses rural grievances sometimes exacerbate unrest? We advance the understanding of these longstanding questions by shifting the emphasis from how landholding inequality fuels...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the demand for tickets in the Brazilian State Championships focusing in the impact generated by the brand teams as well as the play-off matches in the demand for tickets and, consequently, in the match day revenues.Design/methodology/approach...