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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/37668| Appears in Collections: | Economics Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | Do High Wage Footballers Play for High Wage Teams? The Case of Major League Soccer |
| Author(s): | Scarfe, Rachel Singleton, Carl Telemo, Paul |
| Contact Email: | carl.singleton@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | firm-specific wages AKM wage equation matching superstar pay |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2020 |
| Date Deposited: | 10-Jan-2024 |
| Citation: | Scarfe R, Singleton C & Telemo P (2020) Do High Wage Footballers Play for High Wage Teams? The Case of Major League Soccer. <i>International Journal of Sport Finance</i>, 15 (4), pp. 177-190. https://doi.org/10.32731/jsf.2020.a927059 |
| Abstract: | Intuition and sports knowledge suggest that the most talented professional footballers play for the best teams, i.e., positive assortative matching based on productivity. We consider Major League Soccer (MLS) between 2007 and 2017. We estimate a wage equation, finding that player and team fixed wage premiums are negatively correlated. This is a puzzle, especially because our estimates of players’ wage premiums do correlate strongly with measures of their performance on the pitch, and there is evidence of positive teammate sorting. However, the estimated wage premiums of MLS teams are highly and negatively correlated with their success in the league and their home game attendance. This finding is consistent with an explanation whereby part of an MLS team’s success comes from its ability to bargain down the price that it pays for talent. |
| DOI Link: | 10.32731/jsf.2020.a927059 |
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