COMPETITIVE BALANCE MEASURES IN SPORTS LEAGUES: THE EFFECTS OF VARIATION IN SEASON LENGTH

Appropriate measurement of competitive balance is central to the economic analysis of professional sports leagues. We examine the distributional properties of the ratio of standard deviations (RSD) of points percentages, the most widely used measure of competitive balance in the sports economics lit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Economic inquiry 2015-01, Vol.53 (1), p.731-744
Hauptverfasser:	Owen, P. Dorian, King, Nicholas
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Deviation Economic analysis Economic theory Effects Evaluation Measurement Professional sports Simulation Sports Sports associations Sports franchises Standard deviation Studies Tournaments & championships Variance
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