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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Sports Economics"”.
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Essays on Behavioural Finance and Sports Economics
… the behavioural finance framework as well as sports economics. We explored sports clubs’ wages and other team characteristics to explain managerial behaviour with regard to players’ playing time. Additionally, we conjectured that playing at home could affect team performance, and subsequently …
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An Examination of the Motivations and Consequences of Foreign Direct Investment in the Premier League 1992-2012
… approach not commonly found within the sports economics or FDI literature combining both quantitative and qualitative methods. The thesis has generated responses from ‘elite’ level respondents at Premier League clubs together with members of the supporters’ movement. Existing data from …
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E-Learning in Jordanian Higher Education
… technology training, academic departments (sports, economics, literature, education, and law), and access to the internet affected faculty implementation of e-learning positively, and years of teaching experience negatively. Additional university access to e-learning, both for men and women, …
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Examining the characteristics associated with the career paths of professional women's handball players
… of this can also be felt in the players market. Sports organisations may make decisions on many occasions, which may be justified from a management point of view, but which lead to the materialisation of human values (tangible values). Thus, players can be negative actors in the life of a club, …
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The Effects of Changes in Major League Baseball Playoff Format: End of Season Attendance
This paper examines the effect on attendance of Major League Baseball (MLB) games as a result of the additional playoff round added by the MLB in 2012. Adding another round to the playoffs increases the number of teams qualifying for the playoffs from eight teams to ten teams. More teams towards …
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Determinants of Sports Performance: Case Studies on Olympics & Major League Soccer
This dissertation proposal examines empirically the determinants of Olympic performance and the transition and persistence of Major League Soccer (MLS). The first chapter estimates the relationship between the performance by a country at the Olympics, measured by number of medals obtained, and a …
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Three Essays on the Economics of Sport
I present three essays on the economics of sport, examining salary discrimination in Major League Baseball (MLB), determinants of dismissals of college football coaches, and star player effects on attendance in the National Basketball Association (NBA). New Evidence of Salary Discrimination in …
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The dynamic competitive balance ratio as a new method of understanding competitive balance and fan attendance
… to live sporting events. In examining the economics of sport leagues, both researchers came upon this “the uncertainty of outcome hypothesis” (UOH), which is the general premise that fans would rather see a contest in which teams are evenly paired with one another in terms of talent and …