Bryson, Alex and Buraimo, Babatunde and Farnell, Alex and Simmons, Rob (2023) Special ones? The effect of head coaches on football team performance. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 71 (3). pp. 295-322. ISSN 0036-9292

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Abstract

Using data from professional football leagues in four countries, we assess the effects on team performances following head coach turnover, distinguishing between voluntary and involuntary exits. We use entropy balancing to deal with the endogeneity of coach departures, by reweighting pre-departure covariates to obtain a comparable control group. Results reveal little, if any, positive effect from either type of turnover, though some longer-term benefits are possible if teams experience no subsequent turnover. We discuss how these findings fit with previous literature and theory, and discuss the wider practical implications.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	entropy balancing; football; managerial performance; team performance;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting
Item ID:	19100
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12369
Depositing User:	Dr Alexander Farnell
Date Deposited:	24 Oct 2024 11:38
Journal or Publication Title:	Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Publisher:	Wiley on-line
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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