The organization of European football and the competitive balance within and between nations

Stefan Kesenne

Working Papers from University of Antwerp, Faculty of Business and Economics

Abstract: In this paper, we try to show that, apart from the negative impact of the Champions League, the growing gap between the Big 5 football countries in Europe and the smaller countries is caused by the deregulation of the European player labour market without deregulating the European football product market. Both the growing competitive balance between and within the national leagues can be restored by opening the European football market. A simple 2 country / 4 club model with quadratic revenue functions is specified to prove this argument.

Keywords: Labour mobility; Industrial policy; Regulation; Sports economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J6 L52 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2005-01
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