Soccer transfers, team efficiency and the sports cycle in the most valued European soccer leagues – have European soccer teams been efficient in trading players?

Applied Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 56, 2016, Pages 5513-5524

  Mourao, Paulo Reis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

efficiency; Soccer; transfers

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPORT; STOCHASTICITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84965022964     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1178851     Document Type: Article

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