Frontmatter -- Inhalt / Contents -- Guest Editorial -- Abhandlungen / Original Papers -- One for Sure or Maybe Three / Franck, Egon / Theiler, Philipp -- Beating thy Neighbor: Derby Effects in German Professional Soccer / Bäker, Agnes / Mechtel, Mario / Vetter, Karin -- Empirical Evidence on...

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