nep-spo New Economics Papers
on Sports and Economics
Issue of 2014‒04‒29
five papers chosen by
Joao Carlos Correia Leitao
Universidade da Beira Interior and Universidade de Lisboa
  1. Does the Home Advantage Depend on Crowd Support? Evidence from Same-Stadium Derbies By Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo
  2. Are Voluntary Agreements Better? Evidence from Baseball Arbitration By Budd, John W.; Sojourner, Aaron J.; Jung, Jaewoo
  3. Public Order and Private Payments: Paying for Police Services at Events By Nyberg, Sten; Priks, Mikael
  4. Does Break-Even Regulation of Soccer Clubs Make Sense? By Paul Madden
  5. The Superstar Quest: Does Youth Talent Predict Professional Success for Female and Male Tennis Players? By Grove, Wayne A.; Jetter, Michael
  1. By: Ponzo, Michela (University of Naples Federico II); Scoppa, Vincenzo (University of Calabria)
    Abstract: We investigate to what extent crowd support contributes to the home advantage in soccer, disentangling this effect from other mechanisms such as players' familiarity with the stadium and travel fatigue. To evaluate the relevance of crowd support in determining home advantage we analyze same-stadium derbies (matches among teams that share the same stadium) in which teams enjoy different levels of support from the crowd – the home team has many more supporters, mainly because of season ticket holders – while teams do not differ in terms of travel fatigue or familiarity with the stadium. Our estimation results suggest the existence of a sizable crowd support's effect on the home advantage generated both through the influence on referee's decisions and through the encouragement of players' performance.
    Keywords: soccer, home advantage, crowd support, social pressure, team performance, attendance, travel fatigue, stadium familiarity, referee home bias
    JEL: D89 L83 D81
    Date: 2014–04
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp8105&r=spo
  2. By: Budd, John W. (University of Minnesota); Sojourner, Aaron J. (University of Minnesota); Jung, Jaewoo (Korea Labor Institute)
    Abstract: This paper empirically examines the widespread belief that voluntarily negotiated agreements produce better long-run relationships than third-party imposed settlements, such as arbitrator decisions or court judgments. Two key outcomes are analyzed – subsequent player performance and the durability of club-player relationship. Major League Baseball provides a compelling setting for these analyses because individual performance is well measured, there is the possibility of relationship breakdown, and both voluntary and imposed settlements are routinely used. While the results clearly show that a third-party imposed settlement is not better than a voluntary one, the evidence in support of the widespread belief is mixed.
    Keywords: dispute resolution, arbitration, negotiation, salary, sports, baseball
    JEL: J52 M12 M5
    Date: 2014–04
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp8098&r=spo
  3. By: Nyberg, Sten (Dept. of Economics, Stockholm University); Priks, Mikael (Dept. of Economics, Stockholm University)
    Abstract: Should organizers of events, such as sport games or concerts, share the costs of maintaining public order in connection to the events? This question has been hotly debated in many countries, especially in connection to soccer hooliganism. Critics argue that organizers should do more to combat unruly behavior, which has significant external effects. The incentive to do so may be muted by the possibility of free riding on the police. We model how co-payments can address the under-provision of security on the part of organizers. However, it has been claimed that co-payments can backfire and lead financially constrained organizers to instead provide less, not more, security. We analyze under which circumstances this may be true. Finally, we exploit a natural experiment from the Swedish soccer league where police payments were introduced for some clubs only. The results are in line with the implications of the model.
    Keywords: Public order; private security; public events; co-payments for police; free-riding; externality; hooliganism; natural experiment
    JEL: H23 H49 K42 L83
    Date: 2014–04–10
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:sunrpe:2014_0003&r=spo
  4. By: Paul Madden
    Date: 2014
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:man:sespap:1405&r=spo
  5. By: Grove, Wayne A. (Le Moyne College); Jetter, Michael (Universidad EAFIT)
    Abstract: We estimate the relationship between international youth and professional tennis rankings. We find no difference between the predictiveness of rankings from age 14 & Under versus age 16 & Under competitions. The most persistent predictor of professional success is beating older top ranked juniors. Our results reveal stark gender differences. For example, ordinal junior rankings are more strongly associated with professional success for males than for females. In addition, future tennis stars are better signaled by U14 competition outcomes for females, but by U16 results for males.
    Keywords: productivity measures, labor supply, career outcomes, tennis
    JEL: D82 D91 J16 J22 J24
    Date: 2014–04
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp8103&r=spo
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