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Governing the League : Credible Threats, Intervention Rights, and Social Ties in Football Competition Licensing

Spekle, Roland F.; Smittenaar, Teije - 2012

We examine the comparative effectiveness of three alternative licensing systems in professional football. The three … systems’ main concern is with the promulgation of responsible financial behaviour among football clubs. To that effect, all …

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Internal Vs. External Promotions : Evidence from Professional Football Coaching Careers

Fee, C. Edward; Hadlock, Charles J.; Pierce, Joshua R. - 2002

We examine the job movements of professional football coaches both within and across employers and compare the …

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Analysing determinants of match attendance in the European Rugby Cup

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2012

The economic literature on professional sports leagues suggests supporters' utility depends on uncertainty of outcome (competitive balance) and the quality of play. Unlike soccer, where the Champions League is dominated by teams from larger countries, our analysis indicates that the ERC exhibits...

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Competitive balance and match attendance in European rugby union leagues

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2012

The paper analyses the impact of the relatively belated move to professionalism in Rugby Union. We use data on match attendance for 3,667 fixtures in European club Rugby over 15 seasons to estimate the effect of competitive balance on attendance. We find that (short- and medium-term) competitive...

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Analysing match attendance in the European Rugby Cup

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2014

Using data from 1,226 matches played over 18 seasons, we analyse match attendances in the group stages of the European Rugby Cup (ERC). We find that short-run (match) uncertainty had little effect on attendances. This finding is significant as the ERC has been replaced by a new competition which...

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Competitive balance : results of two natural experiments from Rugby Union ; [paper presented to the 6th Annual Conference of the European Sports Economics Association, University o...

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2014

The paper presents results from two natural experiments on the impact of revenue sharing and salary caps on competitive balance in sports leagues arising from the introduction of professionalism in Rugby Union in 1995. The first involves the English Premiership, which traditionally applied a...

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Heterogeneity and Group Performance : Evaluating the Effect of Cultural Diversity in the World's Top Soccer League

Ingersoll, Keith - 2014

This paper uses data from the UEFA Champions League tournament between 2003 and 2013 to study the impact of diversity on group performance. We find that more diverse teams outperform less diverse ones. All else equal, a one-standard deviation increase in the average team's linguistic distance...

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Are College Presidents Like Football Coaches? Evidence From Their Employment Contracts

Thomas, Randall S. - 2017

College presidents and football coaches are frequently criticized for their high compensation. In this paper, we argue … that these criticisms are unmerited, as the markets for both college presidents and football coaches exhibit properties … programs they manage, as well as their potential for value creation. Successful college presidents and football coaches can …

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The House that Taxpayers Built : Exploring the Rise in Publicly Funded Baseball Stadiums from 1953 Through the Present

Edelman, Marc - 2009

This Article explains how MLB club-owners use their control over the market for premier, professional baseball to demand free public stadiums. Part I of this Article explains how the United States has moved from having just one publicly funded MLB stadium (pre-1950s) to having over twenty-five...

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In Defense of Sports Antitrust Law : A Response to Law Review Articles Calling for the Administrative Regulation of Commercial Sports

Edelman, Marc - 2015

In recent years, two law review articles have proposed that the United States regulate commercial sports through a direct federal commission, rather than through traditional antitrust remedies. Nevertheless, the practical realities of commercial sports’ power to influence government policy...

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