| Abstract: |
This article analyzes how long head coaches survive in the clubs of the first
German football league (“Bundesliga”), where the dismissal of a presumably
weak coach is a generally adopted procedure in case of a poor sporting
performance of the team. We use duration models for repeated events to
accommodate the correlation within individuals. We find that the head coaches
of successful teams and those working during the more recent “three points
rule” period are more likely to survive in the Bundesliga. Moreover, the head
coaches of clubs with relatively high team wage bills are likely to survive
for shorter periods of time. |