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Statistical Thinking in Sports

Year: 2007

Type: book

Abstract: According to popular belief, competitive balance in national soccer competitions in Europe has decreased due to the Bosman ruling and the introduction of the Champions League. We test this hypothesis using data from 7 national competitions, for a host of indicators. We find some evidence for competitive balance having decreased in England, and weak evidence for it having decreased in Netherlands and Belgium. For Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, we find no consistent change whatsoever. We use factor analysis to examine whether our measures of competitive balance can be condensed in a limited number of factors.

Source: Chapman & Hall/CRC eBooks

DOI: 10.1201/9781584888697

Authors: Albert, Jim, Koning, Ruud H.; id_orcid 0000-0002-3083-2284

Language: English

Topic: Sports Analytics and Performance

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1576093458

FWCI: 3.505

Cites: 1

Cited by: 76

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