Cost efficiency of French rugby clubs

Carlos Pestana Barros; Gaël Bertrand; Laurent Botti; Scott Tainsky

doi:10.1080/00036846.2014.907484

Cost efficiency of French rugby clubs

Carlos Pestana Barros, Gaël Bertrand, Laurent Botti, Scott Tainsky

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Abstract

This article analyses the cost efficiency of French first-league rugby clubs using a stochastic frontier model. The frontier estimation confirmed that the model fits the data well with all coefficients correctly signed and in line with the theoretical requirements. The results show that one of the clubs is operating efficiently, with the majority of clubs clustered around 20% inefficiency. Policy implications are derived.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2721-2732
Number of pages	12
Journal	Applied Economics
Volume	46
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.907484
State	Published - Aug 2014

Keywords

France
rugby
stochastic frontier model
technical efficiency

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Economics and Econometrics

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