Regulation of the transfer market in professional Russian football: impact of the limit for legionaries in 2005–2016
Objective to estimate the efficiency of limit for legionaries as a tool for regulating the Russian transfer market. Methods formal methods of the labor market supply and demand model combinatory analysis statistical methods. Results the article views the order of regulation of the labo...
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doaj-cf5ba86c8ef945deb342f29b1887c7202020-11-25T01:15:33ZengTatar Educational Center "TAGLIMAT" Ltd.Aktualʹnye Problemy Èkonomiki i Prava1993-047X2410-03902017-06-01112193810.21202/1993-047X.11.2017.2.19-381993047XRegulation of the transfer market in professional Russian football: impact of the limit for legionaries in 2005–2016Kseniya A. Andreeva0National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Post-graduate school for Economics, Department of Applied EconomicsObjective to estimate the efficiency of limit for legionaries as a tool for regulating the Russian transfer market. Methods formal methods of the labor market supply and demand model combinatory analysis statistical methods. Results the article views the order of regulation of the labor relations with foreign legionaries in sports. It is defined that in most countries regulation implies limitation of the number of legionaries who can be claimed for the season or be on the field. The article analyzes the approaches to the transfer market regulation methods as well as the arguments for and against limiting the number of legionaries. Basing on the analysis of literature the author estimates the efficiency of transfer market regulating from the economics viewpoint as well as the results of sports events. The author checks the hypothesis about the inefficiency of the limit as a tool for increasing the quality of the Russian playersrsquo performance based on a number of indicators such as the inefficiency of the national teamrsquos performance number of legionaries their performance etc. The estimation was carried out on the basis of a number of theoretical models 1 model of increasing the footballersrsquo salaries 2 model of free selection of players by the coach and 3 model of quality playersrsquo selection. Basing on these models the hypothesis was disproved of the rapid ldquovictory effectrdquo from the limit ndash the first significant results of the regulation appeared in Russia not earlier than after 10 years. It is supposed that the limit can be explained by G. Akerlofrsquos model by controlling the number of legionaries it is possible to attract more qualified foreign players into the national league. Analysis of the Russian teamsrsquo experience showed that the limit has not resulted in 1 the increase of the legionariesrsquo quality of performance 2 the increase of the playing time of the Russian players on the field in the national championship 3 the increase of competitiveness of the Russian national team in international tournaments 4 the increase of investments into youth football but has caused the increase of both Russian and foreign footballersrsquo salaries. Scientific novelty applying the economic approach to the transfer market analysis allowed to obtain scientific conclusions about the influence of the limit and to substantiate the main argumentative reasons used in the public discussion. Practical significance the main conclusions of the article can be used in making decisions about correcting the limit for legionaries on the eve of hosting the World Cup in Russia.http://apel.ieml.ru/storage/archive_articles/9478.pdfEconomics and national economy management |
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Regulation of the transfer market in professional Russian football: impact of the limit for legionaries in 2005–2016 |
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Regulation of the transfer market in professional Russian football: impact of the limit for legionaries in 2005–2016 |
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Regulation of the transfer market in professional Russian football: impact of the limit for legionaries in 2005–2016 |
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Regulation of the transfer market in professional Russian football: impact of the limit for legionaries in 2005–2016 |
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Regulation of the transfer market in professional Russian football: impact of the limit for legionaries in 2005–2016 |
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regulation of the transfer market in professional russian football: impact of the limit for legionaries in 2005–2016 |
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Tatar Educational Center "TAGLIMAT" Ltd. |
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Aktualʹnye Problemy Èkonomiki i Prava |
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1993-047X 2410-0390 |
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2017-06-01 |
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Objective to estimate the efficiency of limit for legionaries as a tool for regulating the Russian transfer market.
Methods formal methods of the labor market supply and demand model combinatory analysis statistical methods.
Results the article views the order of regulation of the labor relations with foreign legionaries in sports. It is defined that in most countries regulation implies limitation of the number of legionaries who can be claimed for the season or be on the field. The article analyzes the approaches to the transfer market regulation methods as well as the arguments for and against limiting the number of legionaries. Basing on the analysis of literature the author estimates the efficiency of transfer market regulating from the economics viewpoint as well as the results of sports events. The author checks the hypothesis about the inefficiency of the limit as a tool for increasing the quality of the Russian playersrsquo performance based on a number of indicators such as the inefficiency of the national teamrsquos performance number of legionaries their performance etc. The estimation was carried out on the basis of a number of theoretical models 1 model of increasing the footballersrsquo salaries 2 model of free selection of players by the coach and 3 model of quality playersrsquo selection. Basing on these models the hypothesis was disproved of the rapid ldquovictory effectrdquo from the limit ndash the first significant results of the regulation appeared in Russia not earlier than after 10 years. It is supposed that the limit can be explained by G. Akerlofrsquos model by controlling the number of legionaries it is possible to attract more qualified foreign players into the
national league. Analysis of the Russian teamsrsquo experience showed that the limit has not resulted in 1 the increase of the legionariesrsquo quality of performance 2 the increase of the playing time of the Russian players on the field in the national championship 3 the increase of competitiveness of the Russian national team in international tournaments 4 the increase of investments into youth football but has caused the increase of both Russian and foreign footballersrsquo salaries.
Scientific novelty applying the economic approach to the transfer market analysis allowed to obtain scientific conclusions about the influence of the limit and to substantiate the main argumentative reasons used in the public discussion.
Practical significance the main conclusions of the article can be used in making decisions about correcting the limit for legionaries on the eve of hosting the World Cup in Russia. |
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Economics and national economy management |
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