Team performance and managerial change in the English Football League |
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| Authors: | Richard Audas Stephen Dobson John Goddard |
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| Institution: | Richard Audas is a Research Officer in the School of Accounting, Banking and Economics at the University of Wales, Bangor, His other research interests include labour economics and regional economics.;Stephen Dobson is a Lecturer in Economics In the School of Economic Studies at the University of Hull His other research interests include urban and regional economics and industrial economics.;John Goddard is a lecturer in Economics in the School of Accounting, Banking and Economics at the University of Wales. Bangor. His other research interests include health economics and industrial organisation |
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| Abstract: | This paper investigates the relationship between team performance and managerial change in English football using a data set containing information on all match results and managerial job changes in the English Football League between 1972 and 1993. We find that poor recent form drives many managerial terminations, while managerial turnover is more rapid in the lower divisions.
Significantly, managerial change appears to have a harmful effect on team performance immediately following a managerial termination. |
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