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Le marché des joueurs de la Ligue nationale de hockey : une approche économique

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  • Boucher, Michel

    (École Nationale d’Administration Publique)

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This paper describes and analyzes how players are distributed among the NHL teams. These allocative rules are the option or reserve clause with or without compensation, the universal draft of amateur players, the intra-league annual draft and the waivers. After having empirically shown that the competitive equality argument among teams cannot be used as a basis for such noncompetitive practices, this paper tries to show that these unusual allocative procedures originate from the monopsony power of the NHL, as the only buyer of high ability players. Cette recherche décrit et analyse les mécanismes de répartition des joueurs entre les équipes de la LNH. Ces mécanismes sont l’existence de la clause de réserve avec ou sans compensation, le repêchage universel des joueurs amateurs, le repêchage intra-ligue et le ballottage (waiver). Après avoir démontré empiriquement que l’égalité compétitive entre les équipes ne peut être utilisée pour justifier ces pratiques non concurrentielles, cette étude essaie de prouver que les mécanismes actuels d’allocation des joueurs découlent principalement du statut monopsonique de la LNH, cette dernière étant le seul employeur des joueurs de calibre supérieur.

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  • Boucher, Michel, 1983. "Le marché des joueurs de la Ligue nationale de hockey : une approche économique," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 59(4), pages 753-776, décembre.
  • Handle: RePEc:ris:actuec:v:59:y:1983:i:4:p:753-776
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