Does a super league tournament harm domestic leagues? Evidence from basketball's Euroleague

Buraimo, Babatunde ORCID: 0000-0003-3928-5624, Guan, Jing and Tena, JD ORCID: 0000-0001-8281-2886 (2025) Does a super league tournament harm domestic leagues? Evidence from basketball's Euroleague Managerial and Decision Economics, 46 (1). pp. 317-328. ISSN 0143-6570, 1099-1468

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Abstract

AbstractSports leagues are traditionally considered natural monopolies. Understanding how they interact with one another is important. It is unclear how participation in a closed supra league affects competition in domestic leagues. This paper studies the effect of participating in basketball's Euroleague on team performance in national leagues. We find that Euroleague participation reduces the probability of victory by around 9% in ‘big’ leagues (i.e. those with the strongest teams). However, no significant effect was found in other leagues. A possible transmission channel is the reduction in the number of days between matches. We discuss the policy implications of this result.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	3504 Commercial Services, 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Sep 2024 08:38
Last Modified:	24 Jan 2026 05:00
DOI:	10.1002/mde.4376
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3184190
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