Rules changes and competitive balance in European professional soccer: evidence from an event study approach

Ryan A. Kent, Steven B Caudill and Franklin Mixon

Applied Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 20, issue 11, 1109-1112

Abstract: This study examines the effectiveness of successive rules changes on competitive balance, as measured by score differential in a match, over the history of seven European professional soccer leagues. Poisson regression results show that various rules changes do have an effect on match competitiveness in European professional soccer.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.791010

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