Revenue and Superstars in individual sports. The case of professional men's tennis and golf

Revenus et Superstars dans les sports individuels - Le cas du tennis et du golf masculins

Antoine Feuillet (), Nicolas Scelles () and Christophe Durand ()
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Antoine Feuillet: CesamS - Centre d'étude sport et actions motrices - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université
Nicolas Scelles: Manchester Metropolitan University Business School - MMU - Manchester Metropolitan University
Christophe Durand: CesamS - Centre d'étude sport et actions motrices - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université

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Abstract: The winner-take-all and Superstars theories are complementary here within an approach which favours the concentration of revenues by dominant actors. The cases studied men's tennis and golf, highlight that tennis players' revenues are less balanced. This imbalance is not explained by the prize distribution structure in the tournaments of both sports but by the turnover lower in tennis than in golf. It establishes the existence of a specific labour market in tennis characterised by a concentration of revenues by a few players, including over time.

Keywords: Winner-take-all; Superstars; Tennis; Golf; Prize money; Turnover (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-10-01
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Published in Revue Française de Gestion, 2018, Le management des coopératives. Entre spécificités et renouveau, 44 (276), pp.45-60. ⟨10.3166/rfg.2018.00273⟩

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DOI: 10.3166/rfg.2018.00273

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