We analyze how the Bosman ruling affected the market for star players and talent development in the European football … market. We develop a model with sports competition and endogenous ownership of star players in which we show how the stiffer …

sponsor contracts. Yet how can a football player improve his popularity and market value? The aim of this study is to examine … whether a good performance during the 2012 European Football Championship has an impact on the increase of popularity in …

This paper analyzes the effects of top earnings tax rates on the international migration of football players in Europe …. We construct a panel dataset of top earnings tax rates, football player careers, and club performances in the first … number of tax and institutional changes: (a) the 1995 Bosman ruling which liberalized the European football market, (b) top …