What does it take to be a star? The role of performance and the media for German soccer players

We test existing superstar theories for the German soccer league. We use various measures for individual players' performance and media presence to analyze whether performance and popularity can explain salaries and superstars in soccer. Moreover, we argue that quantile regression technique should be applied to analyze superstar phenomena instead of OLS used hitherto.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Lehmann, Erik E. ; Schulze, Günther G.
Publisher:	Freiburg i. Br. : University of Freiburg, Department of International Economic Policy (iep)
Subject:	Lohnniveau \| Werbewirkung \| Sportler \| Fußballsport \| Schätzung \| Deutschland \| superstars \| soccer \| quantile regressions \| Rosen \| Adler

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Series:	Discussion Paper Series ; 1
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	587479396 [GVK] hdl:10419/47902 [Handle] RePEc:fre:wpaper:1 [RePEc]
Classification:	J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs ; J4 - Particular Labor Markets ; L83 - Sports; Gambling; Recreation; Tourism ; Z1 - Cultural Economics
Source:	EconStor

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