Market power, rent-sharing and discrimination – using data from US collegiate sports.

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Description

This paper analyzes the effect of market power on female employment in top management positions in a non-competitive market. We use data from collegiate athletics and interpret coaches as top-level managers or chief executive officers (CEOs). The causal link between market power and female employment is established by exploiting an exogenous shock inflicted by the existence of the Bowl Championship Series. Our results show that an increase in the market share has a negative effect on female employment relative to male employment in coaching. We interpret this as clear evidence for the Becker hypotheses that firms with market power will be able afford discriminating in their personnel decisions.
Period07 Sept 2012
Event title4th European Conference in Sport Economics/XIV IASE Conference
Event typeConference
LocationUnited KingdomShow on map

Fields of science

  • 502018 Macroeconomics
  • 502027 Political economy
  • 502 Economics
  • 502039 Structural policy
  • 502009 Corporate finance
  • 502021 Microeconomics
  • 502010 Public finance
  • 303010 Health economics
  • 502042 Environmental economics
  • 502020 Market research
  • 502003 Foreign trade
  • 502025 Econometrics
  • 502047 Economic theory
  • 507016 Regional economy
  • 502001 Labour market policy
  • 502012 Industrial management
  • 506004 European integration
  • 502046 Economic policy
  • 502002 Labour economics
  • 502013 Industrial economics
  • 504014 Gender studies
  • 405002 Agricultural economics

JKU Focus areas

  • Social Systems, Markets and Welfare States
  • Social and Economic Sciences (in general)

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