the German Bundesliga as well as domestic cup games. Our results show a decrease in competitive balance over time; better …-divisional distribution of teams, coaches and players, as well as increasing assortativeness in the 1st Bundesliga. We further demonstrate … that player transfers between Bundesliga teams results in assortative matching between players and teams. These domestic …

An old soccer myth states that teams affected by a sending-off perform better than they would have without the penalty …. Using economic theory, we analyze the course of a soccer match after a sending-off and test our hypotheses using data from … the German Bundesliga from 1999 to 2009. The results show that sending-offs affecting home teams have a negative impact on …

the penalty. Based on economic theory, we analyze the course of soccer matches using data from the German Bundesliga from …A popular soccer myth states that teams affected by a sending-off perform better than they would have performed without …

development, factors influencing the leasing behaviour of the Bundesliga clubs are analysed. It can be shown that specific …

the penalty. Based on economic theory, we analyze the course of soccer matches using data from the German Bundesliga from …A popular soccer myth states that teams affected by a sending-off perform better than they would have performed without …

soccer, American football and tennis and also use our framework to compare the performance of empirically applied ranking …

soccer, American football and tennis and also use our framework to compare the performance of empirically applied ranking …

the German Bundesliga as well as domestic cup games. Our results show a decrease in competitive balance over time; better …-divisional distribution of teams, coaches and players, as well as increasing assortativeness in the 1st Bundesliga. We further demonstrate … that player transfers between Bundesliga teams results in assortative matching between players and teams. These domestic …