That football Head Coaches will be dismissed for poor performance and will quit when they have better outside options … literature indicates little improvement in team performance when one coach replaces another. Equally, Head Coaches may have few … and quits are more common in Italy and Spain than in Germany and France, suggesting institutions may be important. We …

football. Based on a novel two-stage estimation procedure, we find clear evidence for heterogeneity across teams. In a first …. A team’s group size is positively correlated with its memberships (ˆρ =0.61, p<0.01), fan clubs (ˆρ =0.59, p<0.01), and … merchandising revenues (ˆρ =0.49, p<0.05). Noteworthy, no similar correlations can be found for a team’s hometown population which …

the UEFA European Football Championship (from 1960 to 2012). We relate team performance (in terms of points gained and …We investigate the role of fatigue in soccer (football). Although this issue is important for the "productivity" of … international tournaments, there are no relevant effects of enjoying different days of rest on team performance. However, we find …