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Performance evaluation of the English Premier Football League with data envelopment analysis

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  • Carlos Pestana Barros
  • Stephanie Leach

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This paper uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the performance of English Premier League football clubs from 1998/99 to 2002/03 combining sport and financial variables. The paper evaluates how close the clubs are relative to the frontier of best practices, analysing how they manage sport as well as financial results. Managerial implications of the research are devised.

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  • Carlos Pestana Barros & Stephanie Leach, 2006. "Performance evaluation of the English Premier Football League with data envelopment analysis," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(12), pages 1449-1458.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:38:y:2006:i:12:p:1449-1458
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840500396574
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