The hazard of being an English football league manager: Empirical estimates for three recent league seasons

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 884-891

  Bachan, R ^a   Reilly, B ^b   Witt, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hazard rate; Logistic regression model; Sports

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORTS;

EMPIRICAL ESTIMATE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FIXED EFFECTS; HAZARD RATES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELING; RANDOM EFFECTS; SPECIFIC HUMAN CAPITALS;

HAZARDS;

EID: 44849101076     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602408     Document Type: Article

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