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Beyond Sporting Talent: Other Determinants of Football Clubs’ Wage Bills

Bulletin of Economic Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article delves into the understanding of how football clubs determine wage bills to compensate talent. Using data from first‐division teams in elite European leagues, we estimate wage models based on indicators of sporting performance, “Elo ratings” as a proxy for clubs’ historical achievements and brand strength, and “media visibility ...
Alice Aguiar‐Noury, Pedro Garcia‐del‐Barrio   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of regional integration on the efficiency of enterprise resource allocation. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wu K, Yang S, Li Y, Zhu M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Colonial wars and trade restrictions: Fighting for exclusive trading rights

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a model of colonial wars and trade restrictions, in which two metropolises compete for control over a colony's trade policy. In equilibrium, the metropolis that gains control can improve its terms of trade by restricting its rival's access to colonial trade.
Ivan G. Lopez Cruz, Gustavo Torrens
wiley   +1 more source

Medicare Advantage penetration and the financial distress of rural hospitals. [PDF]

Health Econ Rev
Cataife G, Liu S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Finding a Suitable Fostering Agency: Swedish Foster Carers' Reflections on Navigating a Mixed Welfare Market

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Due to marketization, foster carers in many Western countries can choose between a number of local child welfare authorities (LAs) and independent fostering agencies (IFAs) to be contracted by. Through semi‐structured interviews with foster carers (n = 24), this study examined how foster carers navigate the Swedish foster care market and what ...
Evelina Fridell Lif
wiley   +1 more source

It's the Healthcare Production Function Dummy… (And Still the Prices Stupid)! [PDF]

Health Serv Res
Scanlon DP, Shi Y, Burns LR.
europepmc   +1 more source

Financialization of Non‐Financial Corporations: A New Framework with Cases from South Africa

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Financialization shapes the ways in which middle‐income countries and their non‐financial corporations integrate into global value chains and the global financial system. This integration, in turn, shapes the ways in which these corporations engage with financialization. Focusing on large listed non‐financial corporations, this article unpacks
Antonio Andreoni, Nishal Robb, Sophie van Huellen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining sex: contrast between social and sexual selection. [PDF]

Biol Sex Differ
Roughgarden J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Does China's national volume-based drug procurement policy promote or hinder pharmaceutical innovation? [PDF]

Front Pharmacol
Li X, Xu J.
europepmc   +1 more source