Rossi, Giambattista and Di tanna, Gian luca and Addesa, F. (2016) Production, efficiency and corruption in Italian Serie A : a DEA analysis. Working Paper. Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
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Abstract
This paper uses data from Italian Serie A football to analyse the technical efficiency of Italian football clubs , utilising a panel dataset comprising season aggregated match statistics over ten seasons from 2000/01 to 2009/10 inclusive . While there has been considerable research on production and efficiency in most of the major European football leagues , corresponding evidence relating to Serie A is limited. T his paper addresses this imbalance , e stimating a production function for the league and the relative efficiency of 36 teams , taking into consideration the impact of the Calciopoli corruption scan dal in 2006 . To achieve this , Da ta Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models ha ve been used to calculate the frontiers of efficient production. The results highlight how playing style has changed in response to the corruption scandal , emphasizing the importance of attacking play in Serie A.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Additional Information: | Birkbeck Sport Business Centre Research Paper Series V9(1) - ISSN: 1756-8811 |
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Efficiency, DEA, Sports |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Birkbeck Sport Business Centre |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Mar 2017 15:38 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:32 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/18395 |
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