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Prize structure and performance: Evidence from NASCAR
Humphreys, Brad R.; Frick, Bernd - In: Economies 7 (2019) 4, pp. 1-13
tournament theory using a unique race-level data set from NASCAR. Most previous tests of tournament theory using NASCAR data used … either season level data or race level data from a few seasons. Our empirical work uses race and driver level NASCAR data for …
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Prize Structure and Performance: Evidence from NASCAR
Humphreys, Brad; Frick, Bernd - Department of Economics, University of Alberta - 2011
tournament theory using a unique race-level data set from NASCAR. Most of the previous tests of tournament theory using NASCAR … data have used either season level data or race level data from a few seasons. Our empirical work uses race level NASCAR …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291918
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Prize Structure and Performance: Evidence from NASCAR
Frick, Bernd; Humphreys, Brad R. - 2011
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Earnings and Performance in Women's Professional Alpine Skiing
Che, XiaoGang; Humphreys, Brad - Department of Economics, University of Alberta - 2012
We test the predictions of tournament theory using data from competitions in the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup. Based on data from more than 60 Giant Slalom and Downhill events held over the period 2001-2010, female professional Alpine skiers respond to tournament incentives; times in both events...
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Market power and media revenue allocation in professonal sports : the case of formula one
Budzinski, Oliver; Müller-Kock, Anika - 2016
Recent allegations from participants of the FIA Formula One World Championship (F1) suggest that the promoter of F1 (possibly together with the sports association) violates European competition law in two ways. First, it allegedly abuses its market power by deducting an inappropriate high share...
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Rule changes and competitive balance in formula one motor racing
Mastromarco, Camilla; Runkel, Marco - 2004
This paper provides an economic explanation of the frequent rule changes in the Formula One (F1) motor racing series. In a two-stage model, the FIA (as the organizer of the F1) first decides whether to change the rules or not, and then the racing teams compete in a contest. It turns out that a...
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Measuring Competitive Balance in Formula One Racing
Budzinski, Oliver - 2019
The Formula One Championship (F1) is one of the biggest sports businesses in the world. But, however, it seems to astonish that only very few scholarly articles analyze the F1 business. The aim of this study is to contribute to closing two gaps in the existing literature: it contributes (1) to...
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When Going in Circles is Going Backwards : Outcome Uncertainty and Fan Interest in Nascar
Berkowitz, Jason P. - 2010
Using data from the 2007, 2008, and 2009 NASCAR seasons, this paper shows that the uncertainty of outcome hypothesis … wisdom expressed during the declining attendance and ratings of the 2009 season. We also find that NASCAR broadcasts lose … size during the NASCAR season were not unique to 2009, again contradicting conventional wisdom. Overall, the empirical …
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Measuring competitive balance in Formula One Racing
Budzinski, Oliver; Feddersen, Arne - 2019
The Formula One Championship (F1) is one of the biggest sports businesses in the world. But, however, it seems to astonish that only very few scholarly articles analyze the F1 business. The aim of this study is to contribute to closing two gaps in the existing literature: it contributes (1) to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990677
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Four cases in sports competition policy: baseball, judo, football, and motor racing
Budzinski, Oliver - 2017
Practices and conducts in professional and even amateur sports can be subject to competition laws as soon as commercial activities are involved. From an economic perspective, this implies that both directly commercial activities like the sale of broadcasting/media rights and indirectly...
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