Ignoring millions of Euros: Transfer fees and sunk costs in professional football
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2018.10.006
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Keywords
Sunk-cost fallacy; Football; Soccer; Transfer market; Behavioural Sports Economics; D01; D23; J40; L20; Z22; 3660;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- J40 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - General
- L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
- Z22 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - Labor Issues
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