This is an author's accepted manuscript. The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Journal of Sports Economics, 11 (2), 186-202 by SAGE Publications Ltd, all rights reserved. The original article is available online at http://jse.sagepub.com/ content/11/2/186.refs 2 1 Top Clubs’ Performance and the Competitive Situation in 3 European Domestic Football Competitions 4 Tim Pawlowski, Christoph Breuer, Arnd Hovemann 5 6 7 1. Dr Tim Pawlowski (correspondence) 8 9 Graduate in Political and Sports Economics 10 Research Assistant 11 Institute of Sport Economics and Sport Management 12 German Sport University Cologne 13 Institutsgebäude II, EG, Raum 5 14 Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6 15 50933 Cologne 16 Germany 17 phone: +49-221-4982-6098 18 fax: +49-221-4982-8144 19 e-mail:
[email protected] 20 21 22 2. Prof. Dr Christoph Breuer 23 24 Full Professor at German Sport University Cologne 25 Institute of Sport Economics and Sport Management 26 German Sport University Cologne 27 Research Professor at German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) 28 Institutsgebäude II, EG, Raum 5 29 Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6 30 50933 Cologne 31 Germany 32 phone: +49-221-4982-6095 33 fax: +49-221-4982-8144 34 e-mail:
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[email protected] 1 1 Top Clubs’ Performance and the Competitive Situation in 2 Domestic Soccer Competitions 3 4 Abstract (100 words) 5 The increase in payouts to European football clubs appearing in the UEFA 6 Champions League (CL) in 1999/00 had a lasting impact on the performance of top 7 clubs in domestic football leagues.