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Author-Name: Jiří Novotný
Author-Name: Alexandr Ščiklin
Title: Comparison of economics of top Czech and Western European professional team sports clubs
Abstract: The paper presents economic comparison of top Czech and European leading football clubs. It discusses common features and differences in terms of financing and administration using indicators of financial analysis. It analyses revenue sources, the importance of brand and sponsorship. Current issues and problems of football clubs across Europe in general are being analysed as well.
Keywords: Liquidity, Professional Football, Revenue Sources, Bankruptcy models, Economic Analysis
Classification-JEL: L83
Volume: 2011
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
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Author-Name: Madeleine Andreff
Author-Name: Wladimir Andreff
Title: Economic Prediction of Medal Wins at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Abstract: To the best of our knowledge nobody has attempted to elaborate on an economic model for predicting medal wins at the Winter Olympics so far. This contrasts with Summer Olympics for which about thirty studies have estimated economic determinants of sporting performances (among which Andreff, 2001; Ball, 1972; Clarke, 2000; Grimes et al., 1974; Jiang & Xu, 2005; Levine, 1974; Nevill et al., 2002; Novikov & Maximenko, 1972; Pfau, 2006). Some publications have even provided predictions about medal wins at the next Olympic Games (Bernard, 2008; Bernard & Busse, 2004; Hawksworth, 2008; Johnson & Ali, 2004; Johnson and Ali, 2008; Maennig & Wellebrock, 2008; Wang & Jiang, 2008). Our own model has exactly predicted 70% of medal wins at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and correctly (with a small error margin) 88% of the sporting outcomes at these Games (Andreff et al., 2008 & Andreff, 2010). In this paper, we would take stake of the good predictions achieved with our model for Summer Olympics to adapt it in view of forecasting the distribution of medal wins per nation at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games.
Keywords: Sport, Economics, Olympic Games
Classification-JEL: L83
Volume: 2011
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
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Author-Name: Jan Šíma
Author-Name: Jan Procházka
Title: Compared Competitive Balance Evolution in the Dutch and the Czech Football Leagues between 1970 and 2010
Abstract: With the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, it is evident that football has strengthened its position of the leading global sport - as well as an influential cultural and political phenomenon. Football truly reflects the life - it promotes national identity, patriotism and emotional connection of people. It encourages the youth to live healthily and compete fair, to raise educational and socio-economic standards. However, as common in life, progress and expansion are relative, both are expensive and give birth to countless new problems. As one of the main negative problems, this study brands the accelerating commercialization of sports in general - and in football particularly. The influence of the said problem is documented by specific measurements which reveal a continuously growing competitive imbalance. As examples there are three supreme national football competitions - the Eredivisie in the Netherlands and the First Czech (Czechoslovak) League in the course of the last forty years. Selected tables and figures show the trends of dynamic and static balance inside three renowned Leagues and confirm the said conclusions; the revealed trends are not marginal, but convincing, if not alarming.
Keywords: Static Competitive Balance, Dynamic Competitive Balance, Czech Football League, Dutch Football League
Classification-JEL: L83
Volume: 2011
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
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Author-Name: Tuğbay Inan
Author-Name: Ali Murat Kaya
Title: Competitive Balance in Turkish Soccer
Abstract: Sports leagues are obliged to shelter a particular competitive balance within them to survive. Because if the other conditions were being equal, not being predicted of the match result would create an enormous interest on the fans and it would increase the desire of the spectators to follow the league matches. In this study, it was determined the process of the level of competitive balance by using the Herfindahl-Hirschman index and the C5 Competitive balance index, including Turkey Sports Super League (STSL) and the Bank Asya First League (BAFD) 2002-2003 / 2009-2010 seasons. According to the evidence it can be said that there have been rough and unsteady conditions in both leagues and BAFD is more competitive than STSL.
Keywords: Competitive Balance, Turkish Leagues, Soccer
Classification-JEL: L83
Volume: 2011
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
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Author-Name: Rodney J. Paul
Author-Name: Andrew P. Weinbach
Title: Minor League Baseball Attendance in the Pacific Northwest: A Study of the Effects of Winning, Scoring, Demographics and Promotions in the Northwest and Pioneer Baseball Leagues
Abstract: The Pacific Northwest of the United States houses two short-season baseball minor leagues. The Pioneer League (Rookie) and Northwest League (A-short season) are located in the same geographic area, but the Northwest League contains teams in larger cities, on the average, compared to the Pioneer League. The Pioneer League was shown to be affected positively by the local population size and baseball was shown to be an inferior good, while these variables were not shown to have a significant effect in the Northwest League. While fireworks and celebrity appearances had positive and significant effects in both leagues, promotions aimed at specific groups were shown to have a negative effect in the bigger cities of the Northwest League. We believe this shows a difference in entertainment possibilities between the smaller and bigger cities in this area and that promotions have different effects across leagues, even when they are in the same geographic area.
Keywords: Attendance, Baseball, Promotions
Volume: 2011
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
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