The Americanization of European football

Thomas Hoehn and Stefan Szymanski
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Thomas Hoehn: LECG Limited and Imperial College Management School

Chapter 3 in Football Economics and Policy, 2010, pp 52-96 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Will European football keep leagues open, or adopt the American system of closed leagues? Would this reform be to the benefit of consumers? This chapter develops a framework to analyse the consequences of the structure of competition — whether teams play in both national and international competitions or not — and the effects on performance of revenue sharing among teams within the same league. The authors argue in favour of the creation of a European Superleague and against teams playing both in the Superleague and in national leagues. They derive a number of policy conclusions and examine various regulatory issues in European football.

Keywords: Revenue Sharing; Football Club; Competitive Balance; European Competition; Premier League (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230274266_3

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