Competitive balance and gate revenue sharing in team sports

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Industrial Economics
Year: 2004
Volume: 52
Issue: 1
Pages: 165-177

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper shows that under reasonable conditions, increasing gate revenue sharing among teams in a sports league will produce a more uneven contest, i.e. reduce competitive balance. This result has significant implications for antitrust authorities and legislators, who have tended to assume that revenue sharing arrangements will necessarily promote competitive balance.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:jindec:v:52:y:2004:i:1:p:165-177
Journal Field
Industrial Organization
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25