International rewards and budget concentration in domestic sports leagues

This paper examines the interdependence of international success and budget concentration for sports clubs. More specifically, we apply the notion of the Herfindahl–Hirschman index to examine the effect of international rewards on distortion of budget concentration and financial opportunities for sp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Moreno-Ternero, Juan D., Pawlowski, Tim, Weber, Shlomo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO)
Repositorio:RIO. Repositorio Institucional Olavide
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:rio.upo.es:10433/26296
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10433/26296
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Budget concentration
Domestic and international competitions
Herfindahl– Hirschman index
Regulation
UEFA Champions League
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Sumario:This paper examines the interdependence of international success and budget concentration for sports clubs. More specifically, we apply the notion of the Herfindahl–Hirschman index to examine the effect of international rewards on distortion of budget concentration and financial opportunities for sports clubs. We establish a relationship between the size of rewards and its impact on the index, thus deriving conditions under which budget concentration increases or decreases. Our results yield interesting policy implications for the regulation of prize schemes in international competitions.