Progressive taxation as a means for improving competitive balance

Tsjalle van der Burg; Aloys Prinz

doi:10.1111/j.0036-9292.2005.00335.x

Progressive taxation as a means for improving competitive balance

Tsjalle van der Burg
, Aloys Prinz

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences

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Abstract

The existing instruments for improving the competitive balance within a sports league, such as revenue sharing, restrictions on free agency and salary caps, all have their shortcomings. In this paper, we show that a progressive sports tax, the revenues of which are not redistributed to smaller teams in the league, could be a better instrument. From the broader perspective of the theory of optimum taxation, this instrument may have advantages as well.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	65-74
Journal	Scottish journal of political economy
Volume	52
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0036-9292.2005.00335.x
Publication status	Published - 2005

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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

Sports economics
competitive balance
IR-58450
optimal taxation

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