Commentary: "How Much is that Player in the Window? The One with the Early Birthday?" Relative Age Influences the Value of the Best Soccer Players, but Not the Best Businesspeople.

Florian Loffing

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00620

Abstract

Commentary: "How Much is that Player in the Window? The One with the Early Birthday?" Relative Age Influences the Value of the Best Soccer Players, but Not the Best Businesspeople.

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The One with the Early Birthday?” Relative Age Influences the Value of the Best Soccer Players, but Not the
“How Much is that Player in the Window? The One with the Early Birthday?” Relative Age Influences the Value of the Best Soccer Players, but Not the Best Businesspeople by Furley, P., Memmert, D., and Weigelt, M. (2016)
Furley et al (2016) recently reported that among the 100 most valuable soccer players, but not the 100 richest billionaires, individuals born in the first compared to the second half of the year were overrepresented (60 vs. 40%) and had higher estimated monetary value (EMV)

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Introduction

The One with the Early Birthday?” Relative Age Influences the Value of the Best Soccer Players, but Not the The One with the Early Birthday?” Relative Age Influences the Value of the Best Soccer Players, but Not the Best Businesspeople by Furley, P., Memmert, D., and Weigelt, M.

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