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Coaches on Fire or Firing the Coach? Evidence of the Impact of Coach Changes on Team Performance from Italian Serie A

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  • Alessandro Argentieri

    (Agricultural University of Ecuador)

  • Luciano Canova

    (Eni Corporate University, Scuola Eni Enrico Mattei)

  • Matteo Manera

    (University of Milano-Bicocca, Center for European Studies (CefES) and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM))

Abstract

In this paper, football data from the 2007/2008 to 2016/2017 seasons of the Italian Serie A were used to identify the effects of replacing a coach mid-season due to poor team performance. We used an instrumental variable approach to correlate coach turnover within a season with player productivity and found a very low positive impact of the coach change in the short term but a significant negative impact in the long term. Our findings are also relevant to the literature on management replacement in small-size firms.

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  • Alessandro Argentieri & Luciano Canova & Matteo Manera, 2019. "Coaches on Fire or Firing the Coach? Evidence of the Impact of Coach Changes on Team Performance from Italian Serie A," Working Papers 2019.23, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
    • Handle: RePEc:fem:femwpa:2019.23
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    Keywords

    Italian Football Data; Coach Changes; Team Performance; Models for Panel Data; Instrumental Variables;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C36 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
    • M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
    • Z22 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - Labor Issues

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