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Salary cap regulation in professional team sports

Dietl, Helmut M; Franck, Egon; Lang, Markus; Rathke, Alexander (2012). Salary cap regulation in professional team sports. Contemporary Economic Policy, 30(3):307-319.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the effects of a percentage-of-revenue salary cap in a team sports league with win-maximizing clubs and flexible talent supply. It shows that a percentage-of-revenue cap produces a more balanced league and decreases aggregate salary payments. Taking into account the idiosyncrasies of European football, our paper further highlights the potential conflicts between the league and society. From the perspective of a league governing body, a percentage-of-revenue cap always enhances financial stability of win-maximizing clubs. A social planner, however, will not permit the introduction of such a cap if fans and players unduly suffer. This paper shows under which conditions the social planner accepts (rejects) a salary cap proposed by the league regulator.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:03 Faculty of Economics > Department of Business Administration
Dewey Decimal Classification:330 Economics
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > General Business, Management and Accounting
Social Sciences & Humanities > Economics and Econometrics
Social Sciences & Humanities > Public Administration
Scope:Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)
Language:English
Date:2012
Deposited On:10 Jul 2012 14:55
Last Modified:07 Feb 2025 02:41
Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:1074-3529
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2011.00265.x
Other Identification Number:merlin-id:7135

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