Date of This Version
10-9-2019
Abstract
In this paper, football data from the 2007/2008 to 2016/2017 seasons of the Italian Serie A were used to identify the effects of replacing a coach mid-season due to poor team performance. We used an instrumental variable approach to correlate coach turnover within a season with player productivity and found a very low positive impact of the coach change in the short term but a significant negative impact in the long term. Our findings are also relevant to the literature on management replacement in small-size firms.
Recommended Citation
Argentieri, Alessandro; Canova, Luciano; and Manera, Matteo, "Coaches on Fire or Firing the Coach? Evidence of the Impact of Coach Changes on Team Performance from Italian Serie A" (October 09, 2019). Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers. Paper 1282.
https://services.bepress.com/feem/paper1282