Title
Uncovering Value Drivers of High Performance Soccer Players
Date Issued
01 August 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Serna Rodríguez M.
Ramírez Hassan A.
Publisher(s)
SAGE Publications Ltd
Abstract
This article tries to uncover the drivers of soccer players’ market value in the five major European soccer leagues taking into account model uncertainty (variable selection) in a framework with 35 billion potential models. For this purpose, we use a hedonic regression framework and implement Bayesian model averaging (BMA) through Markov chain Monte Carlo model composition (MC3). To deal with endogeneity issues, instrumental variable Bayesian model averaging (IVBMA) is implemented as well. We find very strong, and robust evidence, that the most important value drivers are player’s performance, participation in the national team (senior and under-21), age, and age squared.
Start page
819
End page
849
Volume
20
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Economía, Negocios Economía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85059079045
Source
Journal of Sports Economics
ISSN of the container
15270025
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