Professional sports economics and competitive balance. Limits of a very used approach: "Noll-Scully measure of Competitive Balance"

Économie du sport professionnel et équilibre compétitif. Les limites d’une approche largement utilisée: « Noll-Scully measure of Competitive Balance »

Nicolas Scelles () and Christophe Durand ()
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Nicolas Scelles: University of Stirling
Christophe Durand: CesamS - Centre d'étude sport et actions motrices - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université

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Abstract: Competitive balance constitutes a founder concept of professional sports economics. It postulates a central link between uncertainty of outcome and public demand. The most used measure in the literature is "Noll-Scully" approach. It confronts teams spread in the standing between observed reality and theoretical ideal in taking into account the number of matches. The object of this contribution is to discuss "Noll-Scully" approach pertinence. Following a summary of the literature, the 2nd part approaches the obstacle points that are its purpose (to integrate the influence of the number of matches) and its formulation (to incorporate a theoretical ideal value). Then the article positions the discussion on an alternative measure able to avoid the gaps of "Noll-Scully" approach.

Keywords: Professional sports economics; Demand; "Noll- Scully" approach; Competitive balance; Uncertainty of outcome; Économie du sport professionnel; Equilibre compétitif; Incertitude du résultat; Demande; Approche« Noll-Scully » (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Published in Science & motricité : Revue scientifique de l'Association des Chercheurs en Activités Physiques et Sportives, 2012, 77, pp.13-27. ⟨10.1051/sm/2012007⟩

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DOI: 10.1051/sm/2012007

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