Transfer fees in European football have experienced a rapid increase in the past years. Simultaneously, an increasing number of domestic and recently foreign investors - who are assumed to further increase team spending in European football - have entered the football market by becoming club...

Transfer fees in European football have experienced a rapid increase in the past years. Simultaneously, an increasing number of domestic and recently foreign investors - who are assumed to further increase team spending in European football - have entered the football market by becoming club...

Research question: We uncover the influence of performance parameters on market value of football players in German Bundesliga. Hereby, the analyses should in some places reach beyond the current state of research by, for example, using relative operating times or running kilometres in the...

Neben der Bewahrung der olympischen Idee und der Organisation der Olympischen Spiele liegt die Vermarktung des Wettbewerbs im Aufgabenbereich des IOC. Hierbei wird jedoch nicht nur die sportliche Leistung im Wettkampf vermarktet, sondern ein komplementäres Gut, bestehend aus der sportlichen...

The business model of sports is based on trust, reputation and fairness. In recent years sports associations have often engaged in crime, corruption and non-compliance, which has damaged the reputation of sports. A professional compliance tool to counteract the loss of trust is still missing, an...

This paper analyzes the recruitment of executive board members for German sports clubs, an issue of key interest given that volunteers play a dominant role in these sports clubs. Based on a new, micro-level data set, we examine how members of a sports club advance to become executive board...

Derzeit versucht eine Initiative verschiedener Organisationen, im Rahmen einer Petition für eine Erhöhung der Strafen für Falschparken zu werben. Der vorliegende Beitrag nimmt dies zum Anlass, die Hintergründe des Vorhabens ökonomisch zu analysieren. Dafür bietet sich die Theorie...