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Publication date: 8 July 2014

Jonatan Calero and Julio del Corral

The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether the protection that some football teams submit to the football players from its region has a positive effect on the quality of the…

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether the protection that some football teams submit to the football players from its region has a positive effect on the quality of the football players from these regions. Particularly, it is analyzed the natural experiment offered by the Basque Country.

Design/methodology/approach

First are evaluated the productivity of the regions and thereafter it is analyzed the efficiency of the regions using a production function approach. Lastly, it is evaluated the evolution of the human capital from the under-19 to the absolute national team to determine if the human capital protection of the Basque Country clubs is effective in improving the human capital.

Findings

The main finding is that the protection's effect to the productive factors submitted into a competitive environment, exerts a positive influence on the development and growth of this factor, because the protection offers more possibilities of promotion and improving his productive capacity.

Originality/value

To the best of knowledge there is no paper that has analyzed the effectiveness of a human capital protection policy.

Details

Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, vol. 4 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2042-678X

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