the penalty. Based on economic theory, we analyze the course of soccer matches using data from the German Bundesliga from …A popular soccer myth states that teams affected by a sending-off perform better than they would have performed without …

it. Based on economic theory, the authors analyze the course of soccer matches using data from the German Bundesliga from …A popular soccer myth states that teams affected by a sending-off perform better than they would have performed without …

the penalty. Based on economic theory, we analyze the course of soccer matches using data from the German Bundesliga from …A popular soccer myth states that teams affected by a sending-off perform better than they would have performed without …

“normal” soccer matches. Terms such as “Old Firm” (Rangers vs. Celtic), “Merseyside” (Liverpool FC vs. Everton FC … respective countries of origin. Using data from the German Bundesliga from 1999 to 2009, we test whether derbies differ from … other soccer matches with respect to the number of goals scored by each team, match results, and referee evaluations. The …

This article analyzes how long head coaches survive in the clubs of the first German football league (“Bundesliga … survive in the Bundesliga. Moreover, the head coaches of clubs with relatively high team wage bills are likely to survive for …

international club soccer. To this end, we analyse data of more than 2,000 recent games in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa …

international club soccer. To this end, we analyse data of more than 2,000 recent games in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa …

soccer, American football and tennis and also use our framework to compare the performance of empirically applied ranking …

the German Bundesliga as well as domestic cup games. Our results show a decrease in competitive balance over time; better …-divisional distribution of teams, coaches and players, as well as increasing assortativeness in the 1st Bundesliga. We further demonstrate … that player transfers between Bundesliga teams results in assortative matching between players and teams. These domestic …

supported by the fans. Focusing on four top European football leagues, we find such an effect in the Bundesliga only. We propose …