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The Combined Effect of Salary Restrictions and Revenue Sharing in Sports Leagues


Helmut M. Dietl


University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration (IBW)

Markus Lang


University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration (IBW)

Alexander Rathke


University of Zurich


Economic Inquiry, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 447-463, 2011

Abstract:     
Many major sports leagues are characterized by a combination of cross-subsidization mechanisms like revenue-sharing arrangements and payroll restrictions. Up to now, the effects of these policy tools have only been analyzed separately. This article provides a theoretical model of a team sports league and analyzes the combined effect of salary restrictions (caps and floors) and revenue sharing. It shows that the effect on club profits, player salaries, and competitive balance crucially depends on the mix of these policy tools. Moreover, the invariance proposition does not hold even under Walrasian-conjectures if revenue sharing is combined with a salary cap or floor.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 17

JEL Classification: L83, C72, L11

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Date posted: March 21, 2011  

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Dietl, Helmut M., Lang, Markus and Rathke, Alexander, The Combined Effect of Salary Restrictions and Revenue Sharing in Sports Leagues. Economic Inquiry, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 447-463, 2011. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1790169 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00330.x

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Helmut M. Dietl (Contact Author)
University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration (IBW) ( email )
Hottingerstrasse 10
Plattenstrasse 14
Zurich, 8032
Switzerland
Markus Lang
University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration (IBW) ( email )
Hottingerstrasse 10
Plattenstrasse 14
Zurich, 8032
Switzerland
Alexander Rathke
University of Zurich ( email )
Zuerich, 8006
Switzerland
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