Analysing head coach dismissals in the German "Bundesliga" with a mixed logit approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-159

  Frick, Bernd ^a,b   Barros, Carlos Pestana ^c   Prinz, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bundesliga; Coach dismissals; Mixed logit model; Sport

Indexed keywords

BUNDESLIGA; COACH DISMISSALS; LOGIT MODELS; MIXED LOGIT; MIXED LOGIT MODEL; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; RANDOM PARAMETERS; SPORT;

EID: 69249227513     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.11.048     Document Type: Article

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