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Are Former Professional Athletes and Native Better Coaches? Evidence From Spanish Basketball

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  • Julio del Corral
  • Andrés Maroto
  • Andrés Gallardo

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This article analyzes the efficiency of coaches in the Top Spanish Basketball League and what determines this efficiency. To accomplish this, a stochastic production function is estimated. Among others, the inefficiency determinants considered are whether the coach is an ex-professional player and whether he is from Spain. The results demonstrate that foreign coaches are more efficient. To build upon these results, a new approach to estimate the efficiency of coaches, in which efficiency is obtained by comparing their performance with expectations attained from betting odds, is proposed. The results were principally reinforced.

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  • Julio del Corral & Andrés Maroto & Andrés Gallardo, 2017. "Are Former Professional Athletes and Native Better Coaches? Evidence From Spanish Basketball," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 18(7), pages 698-719, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jospec:v:18:y:2017:i:7:p:698-719
    DOI: 10.1177/1527002515595266
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