Rules changes and competitive balance in European professional soccer: evidence from an event study approach

This study examines the effectiveness of successive rules changes on competitive balance, as measured by score differential in a match, over the history of seven European professional soccer leagues. Poisson regression results show that various rules changes do have an effect on match competitiveness in European professional soccer.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Kent, Ryan A. ; Caudill, Steven B. ; Mixon, Franklin G.
Published in:	Applied Economics Letters. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1350-4851. - Vol. 20.2013, 11, p. 1109-1112
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Journals

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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