Predicting the value of professional sport clubs. A study of European soccer, 2005–2018

IF 0.3 Q4 ECONOMICS

Zhurnal Novaya Ekonomicheskaya Assotsiatsiya-Journal of the New Economic Association Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.31737/2221-2264-2022-56-4-2

Yury Zelenkov, I. Solntsev

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Abstract

This article aims to build a general valuation model that can be applied by investors and current shareholders of professional sport clubs from different countries and leagues. The study is based on panel data on the valuation of soccer clubs published annually by Forbes. Authors analyze all value-drivers that were used previously, expanding the time horizon (number of observations) and incorporating various models including linear and non-linear mixed effect regressions. The best performance is obtained using a mixed-effect model with treebased fi xed part. The following determinants were found signifi cant for the fi xed effect: revenue and number of Google search requests. Analysis of actual deals in 2015–2020 confi rms the model’s predictive ability. It is also shown that since Forbes overestimates the market value of soccer clubs, the proposed model predicts an upper bound on the real value. In this regard, transactions with real value exceeding the estimates are of particular interest. A deeper analysis of such transactions allows to identify additional “non-soccer” factors affecting the deal. Therefore, the proposed model can serve as a tool for the rapid assessment of a soccer club based on open data.

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职业体育俱乐部价值预测。2005-2018年欧洲足球研究

本文旨在建立一个通用的估值模型，供不同国家和联赛的职业体育俱乐部的投资者和现有股东使用。这项研究基于《福布斯》(Forbes)每年发布的足球俱乐部估值面板数据。作者分析了以前使用的所有价值驱动因素，扩大了时间范围(观察次数)，并结合了各种模型，包括线性和非线性混合效应回归。采用基于树的固定部分混合效果模型获得最佳效果。以下决定因素被发现对固定效应有显著影响:收入和谷歌搜索请求的数量。对2015-2020年实际交易的分析证实了该模型的预测能力。研究还表明，由于福布斯高估了足球俱乐部的市场价值，所提出的模型预测了真实价值的上限。在这方面，我们特别感兴趣的是实际价值超过估计数的交易。对此类交易进行更深入的分析，可以发现影响交易的其他“非足球”因素。因此，所提出的模型可以作为基于公开数据的足球俱乐部快速评估工具。

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