What does it take to be a star? The role of performance and the media for German soccer players

Erik Lehmann () and Günther Schulze

No 1, Discussion Paper Series from Department of International Economic Policy, University of Freiburg

Abstract: We test existing superstar theories for the German soccer league. We use various measures for individual players’ performance and media presence to analyze whether performance and popularity can explain salaries and superstars in soccer. Moreover, we argue that quantile regression technique should be applied to analyze superstar phenomena instead of OLS used hitherto.

Keywords: Superstars; soccer; quantile regressions; Rosen; Adler (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J3 J4 L83 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2007-12, Revised 2008-03
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