There has been much discussion recently in the world of professional sports about competitive balance. As more is focused on the growing disparity between large market and small market teams, one must ask whether the luxury tax, as implemented by Major League Baseball, has had its intended effect. This paper adds to the literature on competitive balance by developing measures to quantify competitiveness at the individual team-level. We estimate a model analyzing the impact of the luxury tax on competitive balance. The results show that the luxury tax is beginning to have the intended impact on competitive balance
The issue of Competitive Balance is a central issue in the literature on the economics of profession...
Both the popular press and industry insiders have claimed that the growing gap between the “rich ” a...
This research proposed a set of measures of Competitive Balance which aims to address three dimensio...
There has been much discussion recently in the world of professional sports about com-petitive balan...
For more than a decade, major league baseball has used a tax on teams with high payrolls to try to r...
The focus of this research explores the affects that revenue sharing and the luxury tax have on comp...
The NBA is widely known as the least competitively balanced professional sports league in North Amer...
This paper examines the impact of gate revenue sharing and luxury taxes on professional sports leagu...
Simon Rottenberg long ago noted that the nature of sports is such that competitors must be of approx...
This paper seeks to discover if there exists a relationship between spending and a team making the p...
I examine the connection between Major League Baseball (MLB) team payrolls and team success. Previou...
"This article examines the impact of hometown market size on competitive balance in Major League Bas...
Discussions of competitive imbalance use Major League Baseball as a focal point, and proposed remedi...
This paper introduces an alternative method of measuring competitive balance in major league basebal...
Competitive balance is an issue in every major sport, though Major League Baseball struggles signifi...
The issue of Competitive Balance is a central issue in the literature on the economics of profession...
Both the popular press and industry insiders have claimed that the growing gap between the “rich ” a...
This research proposed a set of measures of Competitive Balance which aims to address three dimensio...
There has been much discussion recently in the world of professional sports about com-petitive balan...
For more than a decade, major league baseball has used a tax on teams with high payrolls to try to r...
The focus of this research explores the affects that revenue sharing and the luxury tax have on comp...
The NBA is widely known as the least competitively balanced professional sports league in North Amer...
This paper examines the impact of gate revenue sharing and luxury taxes on professional sports leagu...
Simon Rottenberg long ago noted that the nature of sports is such that competitors must be of approx...
This paper seeks to discover if there exists a relationship between spending and a team making the p...
I examine the connection between Major League Baseball (MLB) team payrolls and team success. Previou...
"This article examines the impact of hometown market size on competitive balance in Major League Bas...
Discussions of competitive imbalance use Major League Baseball as a focal point, and proposed remedi...
This paper introduces an alternative method of measuring competitive balance in major league basebal...
Competitive balance is an issue in every major sport, though Major League Baseball struggles signifi...
The issue of Competitive Balance is a central issue in the literature on the economics of profession...
Both the popular press and industry insiders have claimed that the growing gap between the “rich ” a...
This research proposed a set of measures of Competitive Balance which aims to address three dimensio...