Democracy and football

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• dc.contributor.author Lago Peñas, Ignacio
• dc.contributor.author Lago Peñas, Carlos
• dc.contributor.author Lago Peñas, Santiago
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-07-05T08:32:10Z
• dc.date.available 2021-07-05T08:32:10Z
• dc.date.issued 2016
• dc.description.abstract Objectives This article relies on data from two samples of 47 and 49 European countries from 1950 through 2011 and 1,980 and 1,960 football domestic leagues, respectively, to explore to what extent political regimes affect the competitive balance in domestic football (soccer) leagues. Methods We run OLS cross-sectional regressions comparing democracies and nondemocracies and pooled cross-sectional time-series analyses conducted on the 13 countries that have experienced a transition to democracy after 1950. Results We find that the percentage of league competitions won by the most successful club in the country is substantially lower in democracies than in nondemocracies. Democratic transitions trigger pressures to increase the competitive balance in football leagues. Conclusions The link between nondemocracies and specific teams breaks when a country experiences a transition to democracy and the economic liberalization that takes place in transitions to democracy disperses resources and generates competition among descending and ascending teams.en
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• dc.identifier.citation Lago I, Lago-Peñas C, Lago-Peñas S. Democracy and football. Soc Sci Q. 2016 Apr 13;97(5):1282-94. DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12281
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12281
• dc.identifier.issn 0038-4941
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/48077
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Wiley
• dc.relation.ispartof Social Science Quarterly. 2016 Apr 13;97(5):1282-94
• dc.rights This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Lago I, Lago-Peñas C, Lago-Peñas S. Democracy and football. Soc Sci Q. 2016 Apr 13;97(5):1282-94, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12281. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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• dc.subject.keyword Democracyen
• dc.subject.keyword Footballen
• dc.subject.keyword Marketen
• dc.subject.keyword Political regimeen
• dc.subject.keyword Transitionen
• dc.title Democracy and footballen
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