Does Performance Consistency Pay Off Financially for Players? Evidence From the Bundesliga

Christian Deutscher and Arne Büschemann

Journal of Sports Economics, 2016, vol. 17, issue 1, 27-43

Abstract: The purpose of the current study is to investigate how consistency of professional soccer players’ performance affects salaries in the German Bundesliga. Using game-level data for five consecutive seasons ( n = 34,413 player–match day observations), we find empirical evidence for a salary premium to players showing volatility in performance. Applying ordinary least squares, fixed-effects as well as quantile regression analyses, this effect remains robust.

Keywords: salaries; performance; consistency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/1527002514521428

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