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Managerial Effiency in German Top League Soccer

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  • Kern, Markus
  • Süssmuth, Bernd

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This study applies stochastic frontier analytic techniques in the estimation of sporting production functions. As ex ante input factors, we use pre-seasonal estimates of wage bills of players and coaches that are transformed during the production process of a season into ex post pecuniary revenues and sporting success. While in the case of athletic output we find a robust pattern of technical efficiency over subsequent seasons, the estimates based on economic output highlight the instability of the German soccer industry.

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  • Kern, Markus & Süssmuth, Bernd, 2003. "Managerial Effiency in German Top League Soccer," Discussion Papers in Economics 5, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    soccer economics ; sporting production function ; stochastic frontier;
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    JEL classification:

    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity

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