Human resources turnover as an asset acquisition and divestiture process: Evidence from the U.K. football industry

Fotaki, Maria, Kourtis, Apostolos and Markellos, Raphael (2023) Human resources turnover as an asset acquisition and divestiture process: Evidence from the U.K. football industry. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 28 (3). pp. 2696-2711. ISSN 1076-9307

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Abstract

We shed light on the drivers and consequences of turnover in human resources for the UK football industry. We employ an event study using daily panel data of player transfers for a group of listed UK football clubs. Our results suggest asymmetric wealth effects: the acquisition of players is associated with negative abnormal club stock returns while player sales have an opposite effect. According to our findings, shareholders perceive that football managers overpay to acquire human resources. Our discussion draws possible links to the corporate finance literature which deals with the purchase and sale of firms and assets.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Finance Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2021 00:56
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2023 10:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/78279
DOI:	10.1002/ijfe.2558

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