Using detailed information on every single player who appeared in at least one match in the history of the first division in German soccer between 1963/64 and 2002/03 we study the determinants of individual career duration. Although team characteristics and changes in the institutional...

In a world of asymmetric information and non-trivial monitoring costs, the design and implementation of a compensation and reward system that maximizes the individual athlete’s performance is one of the critical variables affecting the reputation of a specific sports event. Assuming that the...

Some authors suggest that firing a coach reflects a principal-agent problem between team managers and coaches. Another explanation emphasizes the matching problem between teams and coaches. This paper provides empirical evidence for the latter: Using German soccer league data, we analyze the...

Der Einfluss von Aufsichtsratsgröße und -zusammensetzung auf verschiedenste Größen der Unternehmensperformance ist vielfältig in der Forschung untersucht worden. Der Großteil dieser Forschung war bislang hauptsächlich auf dem amerikanischen Markt ausgerichtet. Erst in den letzten Jahren...