Ruijg, J. and \van Ophem\, H. (2015). Determinants of football transfers Applied Economics Letters, 22(1):12--19.

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Hans van Ophem
Publication year

2015

Journal

Applied Economics Letters

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The analysis of football transfers is hampered by selectivity bias. In most empirical estimations, simple regression is used and selectivity is ignored. In this article we propose an estimation method that corrects for sample selectivity and allows the use of more observations in a simple manner. The ordered probit estimates point in a similar direction as the estimates from commonly applied estimation techniques but the significance is higher.