The impact of transfer fees on professional sports: An analysis of the new transfer system for European football

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-154

  Feess, Eberhard ^a   Muehlheusser, Gerd ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bosman judgement; General skills; Investment incentives; Labor contracts

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; SPORT; TRADE FLOW; WAGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0038693575     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00009     Document Type: Article

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