The Determinants of Brazilian Football Clubs’ Debt Ratios

This paper explores the relationship between the debt ratio of Brazilian football clubs and several potential determinants, both financial and sports-related. Our explanatory variables are Current Ratio, Return on Assets, Score Percentage, Size, 12 Biggest Clubs, Access (to specific championships,...

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Autores principales: Marke Geisy da Silva Dantas, Raimundo Marciano de Freitas Neto, Maria Alice Alves da Costa, Alexandro Barbosa
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1cfb72caca2e40588d9e62ca320803c12021-11-11T15:48:07ZThe Determinants of Brazilian Football Clubs’ Debt Ratios1807-734Xhttps://doaj.org/article/1cfb72caca2e40588d9e62ca320803c12017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123054178004https://doaj.org/toc/1807-734XThis paper explores the relationship between the debt ratio of Brazilian football clubs and several potential determinants, both financial and sports-related. Our explanatory variables are Current Ratio, Return on Assets, Score Percentage, Size, 12 Biggest Clubs, Access (to specific championships, e.g. Libertadores da América ), Division, Title (won at time t ) and Relegated (at time t ). Data was collected from several publicly available channels and our sample was mostly decided according to this availability. The time range adopted was 2010-2013. The model employed was Generalized Estimating Equation. Our results suggest that debt ratios are more associated with their popularity or their participation in the highest division of its main championship rather than titles held, access to different competitions or relegation to lower levels. We believe that our findings may be useful for both practitioners, who might know the impact of their sports-related choices in their clubs’ debts, and policymakers, that could prepare differentiated policies for specific groups (e.g divisions).Marke Geisy da Silva DantasRaimundo Marciano de Freitas NetoMaria Alice Alves da CostaAlexandro BarbosaFUCAPE Business Schoolarticlefootball clubsdeterminantsdebt ratioprofitabilityfirst divisionBusinessHF5001-6182ENPTBBR: Brazilian Business Review, Vol 14, Pp 94-109 (2017)
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language EN
PT
topic football clubs
determinants
debt ratio
profitability
first division
Business
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spellingShingle football clubs
determinants
debt ratio
profitability
first division
Business
HF5001-6182
Marke Geisy da Silva Dantas
Raimundo Marciano de Freitas Neto
Maria Alice Alves da Costa
Alexandro Barbosa
The Determinants of Brazilian Football Clubs’ Debt Ratios
description This paper explores the relationship between the debt ratio of Brazilian football clubs and several potential determinants, both financial and sports-related. Our explanatory variables are Current Ratio, Return on Assets, Score Percentage, Size, 12 Biggest Clubs, Access (to specific championships, e.g. Libertadores da América ), Division, Title (won at time t ) and Relegated (at time t ). Data was collected from several publicly available channels and our sample was mostly decided according to this availability. The time range adopted was 2010-2013. The model employed was Generalized Estimating Equation. Our results suggest that debt ratios are more associated with their popularity or their participation in the highest division of its main championship rather than titles held, access to different competitions or relegation to lower levels. We believe that our findings may be useful for both practitioners, who might know the impact of their sports-related choices in their clubs’ debts, and policymakers, that could prepare differentiated policies for specific groups (e.g divisions).
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Raimundo Marciano de Freitas Neto
Maria Alice Alves da Costa
Alexandro Barbosa
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