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1. The Importance of Suspense and Surprise in Entertainment Demand: Evidence from Wimbledon. (2016). Paolo, Bizzozero ; Franck, Egon ; Flepp, Raphael.
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4. Executive Pay Regulation: What Regulators, Shareholders, and Managers Can Learn from Major Sports Leagues. (2011). Lang, Markus ; Dietl, Helmut ; Duschl, Tobias .
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5. Organizational Differences between U.S. Major Leagues and European Leagues: Implications for Salary Caps. (2011). Rathke, Alexander ; Lang, Markus ; Franck, Egon ; Dietl, Helmut.
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6. Contest Theory and its Applications in Sports. (2011). Lang, Markus ; Grossmann, Martin ; Franck, Egon ; Dietl, Helmut.
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7. Game Attendance and Competitive Balance in the National Hockey League. (2011). Humphreys, Brad ; Coates, Dennis.
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8. The Group Size and Loyalty of Football Fans: A Two-Stage Estimation Procedure to Compare Customer Potential Across Teams. (2011). Theiler, Philipp ; Franck, Egon ; Brandes, Leif.
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9. The search for optimal competitive balance in formula one. (2010). Krauskopf, Thomas ; Langen, Martin ; Bunger, Bjorn .
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10. Gehaltsobergrenzen und Luxussteuern: Erkenntnisse aus dem professionellen Mannschaftssport. (2010). Lang, Markus ; Dietl, Helmut ; Duschl, Tobias .
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11. Executive Pay Regulation: What Regulators, Shareholders, and Managers Can Learn from Major Sports Leagues. (2010). Lang, Markus ; Dietl, Helmut ; Duschl, Tobias .
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12. Organizational Differences between U.S. Major Leagues and European Leagues: Implications for Salary Caps. (2010). Rathke, Alexander ; Lang, Markus ; Franck, Egon ; Dietl, Helmut.
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13. Playoff Uncertainty, Match Uncertainty and Attendance at Australian National Rugby League Matches. (2010). Owen, Dorian ; Audas, Rick ; King, Nicholas.
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14. Short-Run Demand and Uncertainty of Outcome in Major League Baseball. (2010). Winfree, Jason ; Tainsky, Scott.
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15. Executive Pay Regulation: What Regulators, Shareholders, and Managers Can Learn from Major Sports Leagues. (2010). Lang, Markus ; Dietl, Helmut ; Duschl, Tobias .
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16. Does higher sport supply lead to higher sport demand? A city level analysis. (2009). Breuer, Christoph ; Poupaux, Sandrine.
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17. The Organization of Professional Sports Leagues: A Comparison of European and North-American Leagues from the Perspective of Platform Organization. (2009). Dietl, Helmut ; Duschl, Tobias .
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18. Contest Theory and its Applications in Sports. (2009). Lang, Markus ; Grossmann, Martin ; Franck, Egon ; Dietl, Helmut.
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19. The Economic Consequences of Foreigner Rules in National Sports Leagues. (2009). Runkel, Marco ; Rathke, Alexander ; Lang, Markus.
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20. Revenue Sharing, Reserve Clause and Salary Caps in Professional Team Sports Leagues. (2009). Rathke, Alexander ; Lang, Markus ; Franck, Egon ; Dietl, Helmut.
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21. Social Welfare in Sports Leagues with Profit-Maximizing and/or Win-Maximizing Clubs. (2009). Lang, Markus ; Dietl, Helmut ; Werner, Stephan.
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22. Contest Theory and its Applications in Sports. (2009). Lang, Markus ; Grossmann, Martin ; Franck, Egon ; Dietl, Helmut.
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23. Revenue Sharing, Reserve Clause and Salary Caps in Professional Team Sports Leagues. (2009). Rathke, Alexander ; Lang, Markus ; Franck, Egon ; Dietl, Helmut.
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24. Stadium attendance and television audience demand in English league football. (2008). Buraimo, Babatunde.
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25. Research on the Prediction of the likely Winners of the Euro 2008 Football Tournament. (2008). HALICIOGLU, Ferda.
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26. Do Soccer Associations Really Spend on a Good Thing? Empirical Evidence on Heterogeneity in the Consumer Response to Match Uncertainty of Outcome. (2008). Franck, Egon ; Benz, Men-Andri .
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27. The Role of Patriotism in Explaining TV Audience of National Team Games - Evidence from Four International Tournaments. (2007). Nuesch, Stephan ; Franck, Egon.
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28. A tale of two audiences: spectators, television viewers and outcome uncertainty in Spanish football. (2007). Simmons, Robert ; Buraimo, B.
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29. A tale of two audiences: spectators, television viewers and outcome uncertainty in Spanish football. (2007). Simmons, R ; Buraimo, B.
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30. A tale of two audiences: spectators, television viewers and outcome uncertainty in Spanish football. (2007). Simmons, R ; Berri, D.
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31. Measuring Competitive Balance in Professional Team Sports Using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. (2007). Owen, Dorian ; Ryan, Michael ; Weatherston, Clayton .
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32. The Effect of Salary Caps in Professional Team Sports on Social Welfare. (2007). Rathke, Alexander ; Lang, Markus ; Dietl, Helmut.
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33. Avoiding Labor Shortages by Employer Signaling - On the Importance of Good Work Climate and Labor Relations. (2007). Tuor Sartore, Simone ; Backes-Gellner, Uschi ; Lang, Markus ; Dietl, Helmut ; Rathke, Alexander.
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34. Governance of Professional Sports Leagues - Cooperatives versus Contracts. (2007). Lang, Markus ; Franck, Egon ; Dietl, Helmut ; Hasan, Tariq.
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35. Local Heroes and Superstars - An Empirical Analysis of Star Attraction in German Soccer. (2007). Nuesch, Stephan ; Franck, Egon ; Brandes, Leif.
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36. Who Made Who – An Empirical Analysis of Competitive Balance in European Soccer Leagues. (2007). Franck, Egon ; Brandes, Leif.
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37. Warum gehen die Leute in die Fußballstadien? Eine empirische Analyse der Fußball-Bundesliga. (2006). Seitz, Franz ; Rottmann, Horst.
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38. On the Edge of Your Seat: Demand for Football on Television and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis. (2006). Szymanski, Stefan ; Leach, Stephanie ; Alavy, Kevin ; Gaskell, Alison .
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39. Robust estimates of the impact of broadcasting on match attendance in football. (2006). Simmons, Robert ; Forrest, D ; Buraimo, B.
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40. Robust estimates of the impact of broadcasting on match attendance in football. (2006). Simmons, R ; Forrest, D ; Buraimo, B.
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41. I know what you did last weekend- or do I? Introducing mental anchoring to the demand for sport. (2006). Franck, Egon ; Benz, Men-Andri .
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42. Who made Who? An Empirical Analysis of Competitive Balance in European Soccer Leagues. (2006). Franck, Egon.
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43. CAN WE PREDICT THE OUTCOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS : THE CASE OF EURO 2000?. (2005). HALICIOGLU, Ferda.
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44. Forecasting the Professional Team Sporting Events: Evidence from Euro 2000 and 2004 Football Tournaments. (2005). HALICIOGLU, Ferda.
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45. New issues in attendance demand: the case of the English football league. (2005). Simmons, Robert ; Forrest, D.
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46. New issues in attendance demand: the case of the English football league. (2005). Simmons, R ; Forrest, D.
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47. New issues in attendance demand: the case of the English football league. (2005). Simmons, R ; Forrest, D.
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48. New issues in attendance demand: the case of the English football league. (2005). Simmons, R ; Forrest, D.
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49. Habit, aggregation and long memory: evidence from television audience data. (2005). Simmons, R ; Buraimo, B.
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50. The search for optimal Competative Balance in Formula One. (0000). Thomas Krauskopf, Martin Langen, Bjorn Bunger, .
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