Search Results - subject_exact:"Profisport"

United in victory, divided in defeat? : football performance, team diversity, and immigration attitudes in Europe

Fontanive, Gauthier; Thill, Emma - 2026

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Why Is competition in the European football market failing, and what should be done about it?

Henrekson, Magnus; Persson, Lars - 2026

The European football (soccer) market increasingly funnels rents to superstar players and intermediaries while weakening competitive balance. We trace this dynamic to two forces: (a) technological innovation that globalized broadcasting and magnified superstar returns, and (b) legal rulings...

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Why is competition in the European football market failing, and what should be done about it?

Henrekson, Magnus; Persson, Lars - 2025

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Circular triads of overperformance in top European football leagues

Ours, Jan C. van - 2026

This study examines eight seasons of professional football matches in the English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, and Spanish La Liga. The focus is on the existence of non-transitive triads in match outcomes in terms of points, the quality of performance as indicated by...

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Home bias and referee bias in European football : the role of stoppage time allocation

Böttger, Tom; Vischer, Lars - 2026

Football referees possess substantial discretion in allocating stoppage time, a decision that is comparatively opaque yet potentially consequential for match outcomes. This paper examines whether stoppage time allocation contributes to home advantage in contemporary European professional...

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Psychological pressure and team performance

Ours, Jan C. van - 2026

Team production is increasingly important for economic outcomes, yet the factors driving team performance remain poorly understood. This paper examines the influence of psychological factors on team performance using data from the top divisions of the five major European football leagues, with a...

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Climate risks in motorsport : setting boundary conditions in Formula 1

Orr, Madeleine; Kellison, Timothy B.; Ross, Walker J.; … - 2026

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The influence of perceived commercialization and authenticity on fan engagement : insights from men’s and women's elite football leagues in Sweden

Winell, Erik; Lundberg, Erik; Nilsson, Jonas - 2026

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Sports and the natural environment : a scoping review

Liebhart, Alexander; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Schreyer, Dominik - 2026

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Gendered networking in international sport governance

Piggott, Lucy; Matthews, Jordan J. K.; Adriaanse, Johanna A. - 2026

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Market size disparity moderates competitive balance interventions in US sports leagues

Davis, Kyle J.; Ransom, Tyler; Black, Christopher; … - 2026

This study examines the extent to which market size disparity across franchises - measured as the coefficient of variation of MSA populations - moderates the effectiveness of competitive balance interventions (CBIs) in Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League (NFL), the National...

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Individual skill or just luck? : decomposing individual finishing and shot-stopping performance in European football

Böttger, Tom; Vischer, Lars - 2026

Expected goals (xG) are widely used to evaluate football performance. However, it is unclear whether players who consistently outperform their xG do so because of skill or because of luck. To our knowledge, this paper provides the first meta-analytic estimate of between-player heterogeneity in...

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The virtue of transparency in sports analytics : an application to NFL quarterbacks

Czasonis, Megan; Kee, Miles; Kritzman, Mark; … - 2026

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Paid to play : football club owner ambitions on promotion to the English premier league and impact on the league

Evans, Richard - 2026

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Peer effects and worker visibility in team production : evidence from NBA rookies

Chalioti, Evangelia; Chountas, Konstantinos; Genakos, … - 2026

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Beyond the playing field : financial literacy competencies for professional athletes in team sports

Moolman, Jaco - 2026

The importance of financial literacy for professional athletes is undeniable. This study aimed to build on previous research by identifying the financial literacy content areas that require the highest level of competence for professional athletes competing in team sports. To address this, 12...

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More than just a game? : soccer tournaments and firm sentiment

Hennrich, Jonas; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2026

This paper provides the first systematic firm-level analysis of how major international football tournaments affect business sentiment. We combine 2.2 million responses from the ifo Business Survey with information on 17 FIFA World Cups and UEFA European Championships between 1991 and 2024 and...

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Competitive human capital and football club's performance : case of the English Premier League

Mysaka, Hanna; Derun, Ivan; Holovanenko, Mykola - 2026

The objective of this study is to examine the interrelation between competitive human capital (CHC) and a professional football club's (PFC) sports performance (SP) and business performance (BP). The research methodology is based on a seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR) model with panel data....

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Measuring pitcher production fairly in baseball using the Shapley Value

McBride, Michael - 2026

This paper introduces fairer measures of individual pitcher performance in baseball using the Shapley Value from coalitional game theory. The paper's key conceptual innovation is a novel two-stage procedure for constructing the coalitionary game value functions for runs allowed and outs recorded...

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Gaming hope : professional women's football as precarious work

Manolchev, Constantine; Nolan, Ryan; Pearce, Cameron; Carys - 2026

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Gambling with state budgets : legalized sports betting and lost lottery revenue

Coombs, Kyle; Madonia, Greg; Nencka, Peter; Smith, Austin C. - 2026

Legislators often justify legalizing controversial markets, such as sports betting, by citing the potential for new tax revenue to fund popular public programs. However, new revenue from sports betting may cannibalize existing revenue from state-run lotteries, undermining a key rationale for...

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Sports technology

2026

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Projection bias in individual football ticket purchases

Pawlowski, Tim - 2026

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Objective calls under the spotlight : referee consistency and behaviour on football's biggest stage

Butler, David; Butler, Robert; Singleton, Carl - 2026

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Objective calls under the spotlight : referee consistency and behaviour on football's biggest stage

Butler, David; Butler, Robert; Singleton, Carl - 2025

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Thieves around the stadium : comparing the effects of football and soccer on crime

Budner, Jeremy; Schneider, Rodrigo - 2026

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When fans travel : determinants and effects of away support in German professional football

Flintz, Joschka - 2026

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Forecasting soccer matches with betting odds : a tale of two markets

Hegarty, Tadgh; Whelan, Karl - 2025

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Forecasting soccer matches with betting odds : a tale of two markets

Hegarty, Tadgh; Whelan, Karl - 2023

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Forecasting soccer matches with betting odds : a tale of two markets

Hegarty, Tadgh; Whelan, Karl - 2023

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Governance, regulation and management of global sport organisations

Bayle, Emmanuel - 2025

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Economic inequality and convergence through the lens of two sports

Grechyna, Daryna; Grechyn, Viktor - 2025

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Economic inequality and convergence through the lens of two sports

Grechyna, Daryna; Grechyn, Viktor - 2025

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Social media impact on international sports events related to the brand Spain : a comparison between inner versus outside events

Küster, Inés; Vila-Lopez, Natalia; Mora, Elisabet; … - 2025

Purpose This study analyzes the impact of sports social media on a country regarding three international events connected to the brand Spain. It examines (1) the use and importance of various social media platforms in sports events and (2) identifies the countries generating the most social...

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Playing an amateur sport in a professional context : good for Gaelic players mental health?

Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, Séamus; Kenny, Eoin - 2025

Gaelic games are traditional Irish amateur sports, two of which are Gaelic football and hurling. Although the sports are amateur, the advances that have taken place in the games over the past decade have increased the commitments required of players, particularly those playing senior...

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Cristiano of Arabia : did Ronaldo increase Saudi Pro League attendances?

Schreyer, Dominik; Singleton, Carl - 2025

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The fan token market: reason or passion?

Arrondel, Luc - 2025

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The impact of foreigners on firm performance : a team-level analysis

Schmidt, Martin B. - 2025

The percentage of foreign born residents in the United States has steadily risen over the past half century. This increase has been even more marked for athletes where, in some cases, the foreign born percent on professional sports rosters has approached 30%. We examine the impact this rise has...

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Non-transitive patterns in sports match outcomes : a profitable anomaly

Ours, Jan C. van - 2025

While sports betting markets share similarities with traditional financial markets, they are more accessible for empirical research thanks to availability of high-quality data, straightforward betting procedures, and the finite duration of events. As a result, they are often analyzed for market...

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Non-transitive patterns in sports match outcomes : a profitable anomaly

Ours, Jan C. van - 2025

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Boundary objects at play in the world's greenest football club

Samuel, Anthony; White, Gareth R. T.; Thomas, Robert; … - 2025

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Post-prime football player valuations : depreciation difference between the English Premier League and the top European leagues

Liu, James - 2025

This study explores market value depreciation among soccer players across the top five European leagues, addressing a critical gap in the sports finance literature by focusing on post-prime valuation dynamics. Leveraging a dataset from the 2023/2024 season, player market values and attributes...

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Demand for Chinese super league broadcast : an analysis of broadcasters' match selection and TV ratings

Li, Shanshan; Kim, Kihan; Ryu, Yoonji; Kim, Hansol - 2025

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An introduction to the James Quirk special issue and the economics of combat sport

Butler, Robert - 2025

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This must be the place : local amenities and superstars' wages

Filomena, Mattia; Principe, Francesco - 2025

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On bogey teams and circular triads : psychological factors in team performance

Ours, Jan C. van - 2025

Team performance depends not only on the individual abilities of its members and cooperation between them but also on psychological factors such as confidence, rivalry, and perceived pressure. In a regular work environment, it is challenging to isolate the contribution of psychological factors....

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Prospect theory and psychological factors in football : effects of the video assistant referee on penalty conversion rates in the German Bundesliga

Böttger, Tom; Vischer, Lars - 2025

The increasing integration of technological aids, such as the video assistant referee (VAR), is fundamentally transforming decision-making processes in professional football, especially influencing critical match moments. Penalty kicks, characterised by technical simplicity but intense...

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Key factors in the sporting and financial success of professional first division football clubs in Spain

Gómez, Pere; Amat Salas, Oriol - 2025

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Environmental unfamiliarity and work performance : evidence from Chinese Basketball during COVID-19

Guo, Xidong; Li, Zilong; Studnicka, Zuzanna; Zhu, Jiming - 2025

This paper examines the causal impact of the working environment on worker performance and explores the underlying mechanisms. Specifically, we use games from the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) as our research sample and exploit the "neutralvenues policy" induced by COVID-19 to address...

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Hiring decisions under productivity uncertainty : risk preferences and inaccurate statistical discrimination in NHL entry drafts

Hua, Chengyuan; Humphreys, Brad R. - 2025

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Management mathematics in sport-moneyball and soccer

Reade, J. James; Royle, Darren - 2025

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The role of leadership in interpersonal dysfunctional conflict within Australian Football League (AFL) club boards

Takos, Nick; O'Boyle, Ian; Murray, Duncan - 2025

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The role of accounting and accountability in the professionalization of grassroots voluntary sports organizations

Melnick, Linda; Baker, Ron; O'Reilly, Norm; Paras, Caroline - 2025

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Anchoring bias in the NFL gambling market

Fodor, Andy; Patterson, Fernando M.; Shank, Corey A. - 2025

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For what it's worth : outcome bias in managerial decisions

Ours, Jan C. van - 2025

Decisions informed by past events can be distorted when outcomes partially determined by chance are misinterpreted as purely skill-based. This can lead to outcome bias, where decisions are evaluated based on results rather than the quality of the performance that produced them. Outcome bias is...

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Good vibrations: outcome bias in consumer demand

Ours, Jan C. van - 2025

Expectations about future events can be influenced by prior outcomes of similar events, even when those outcomes were partly determined by chance. When such randomness is overlooked in decision-making, outcome bias may arise. This paper investigates the presence of outcome bias in consumer...

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