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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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Does sports performance influence revenues and economic results in Spanish football?

Barajas, Angel; Fernández-Jardón, Carlos; Crolley, Liz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

sports performance and revenues appear clear in English football. There is even research about the effects of a club’s wealth … on its sports performance, or the effects of a club’s sporting situations on its finances. In this paper, we ana-lyse the … relationship between sports performance and the revenues of football clubs as well as the effect of sports performance on the …

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Previsão da eficácia ofensiva do futebol profissional: Um caso Português

Caiado, Jorge; Vieira, Aníbal; Bonito, Ana; Reis, Carlos; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The forecast plays an important role in the planning, the decision-making and control in any domain of activity, including the sportive phenomenon of the soccer. The experience has shown that the extrapolative or not casual models (univariate models), that use only the information of its past...

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Chaos in the tourism industry

Correani, Luca; Garofalo, Giuseppe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The paper presents an application of the chaos theory to tourism, a sector in which operators' choices are particularly elaborate and complex. The dynamics of the tourist industry are, in fact, the result of close interactions between units of production, tourist flows, local authorities and...

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Home advantage in Turkish professional soccer

Seckin, Aylin; Pollard, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Home advantage is known to play an important role in the outcome of professional soccer games, and to vary considerably worldwide. In the Turkish Super League over the last 12 years, 61.5% of the total points gained have been won by the home team, a figure similar to the worldwide average and to...

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Gender Differences in Performance in Competitive Environments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Players

Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper uses data from nine tennis Grand Slam tournaments played between 2005 and 2007 to assess whether men and women respond differently to competitive pressure in a setting with large monetary rewards. In particular, it asks whether the quality of the game deteriorates as the stakes become...

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Optimal Determination of Bookmakers' Betting Odds: Theory and Tests

Fingleton, John; Waldron, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This paper develops a theoretical model of how bookmakers’ odds are determined, given varying levels of inside information on the part of punters. Bookmakers’ attitudes towards risk and the degree of competition between them will influence bookmaker behaviour. Using a data set of 1696 races...

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Manipulations in Contests

Cohen, Chen; Sela, Aner - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

We study the classical Tullock's model of one-stage contests where the probability of winning is a function of the efforts exerted by the contestants. We show that by a simple non-discriminating rule the contest designer is able to manipulate the outcome of the contest such that the...

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Movie induced tourism : a new tourism phenomenon

Gjorgievski, Mijalce; Trpkova, Sinolicka Melles - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 3 (2012) 1, pp. 97-104

At the turn of the century, the tourism industry underwent a transformation triggered by the sweeping processes of globalization. The traditional forms of tourism were supplemented and expanded by the introduction of new postmodern tourist forms, bringing new and different tourist offers to the...

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Required skills and leadership characteristics of a modern manager in tourism and hospitality

Petkovski, Konstantin - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 3 (2012) 1, pp. 91-96

This research was conducted on 209 respondents in the field of tourism and hospitality. The aim of the research was to determine the necessary leadership characteristics and skills of a modern tourism and hospitality manager, as leader of the organization or team in it. For the purposes of the...

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