Comparing management performances of Belgian football clubs

Abstract: In this empirical exercise, we try to compare the management performances of 13 Belgian first-division football clubs, based on a limited panel data set over the last 8 seasons. A simple model is constructed and the estimation of its reduced form can reveal something about the relative performances in terms of the clubs general management. By estimating the structural-form equations, we also try to decompose this general management performance into more specific management qualities.