.e. positive assortative matching based on productivity. We consider Major League Soccer between 2007 and 2017. We estimate a wage … equation, finding that player and team fixed wage premiums are negatively correlated. This is a puzzle, especially because our …

American college football is a multibillion-dollar industry for the 130 schools that play at the highest level. College … football is unique in that it must recruit student athletes, unlike high school or pro football. An entire multimillion …-dollar industry has developed to provide recruiting ratings and team-specific information for rabid fans. The question in this study …

We analyse the links between soccer match results, betting odds and stock returns of all listed European soccer teams …

Purpose – Two of the primary growth strategies for Major League Soccer (MLS) have been team expansion and the … construction of soccer-specific stadiums. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between these … that expansion teams and soccer-specific stadiums were significantly related to attendance. However, the effect of soccer …

diversity (measured by linguistic distance) can double a team's goal differential over the course of the tournament. One threat … differences in the non-European player quotas of national soccer leagues …