international club soccer. To this end, we analyse data of more than 2,000 recent games in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa …

international club soccer. To this end, we analyse data of more than 2,000 recent games in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa …

Football. One major conceptual controversy is concerned with the question whether fans have a stronger preference for (more …) games between the top teams over a broad participation of less well-known clubs representing more of the regions in Europe … Football, One major conceptual controversy is concerned with the question whether fans have a stronger preference for (more …

, we discuss how much monopoly is unavoidable in premier-level European football and how its powers can be limited and …

in European professional football. In order to find possible reasons for the gap between the UOH and (the lack of) its … three European professional football leagues. The results indicate that a tipping point/threshold value of CB exists and …-to-pay ; Competitive balance ; Uncertainty of outcome hypothesis ; European Football …

football …

Ever since the Bosman case opened the labour market for players in European professional football, competitive balance … football …

Since the famous Bosman ruling by the European Court of Justice in 1995 transfer fees for football players after moving … unrestricted market free migration from football players will be Pareto efficient under special circumstances only. This paper … shows that transfer fees can correct inefficient migration flows from small to large football leagues. Home-grown rules that …