Physical attractiveness and monetary success in German Bundesliga

@article{Rosar2017PhysicalAA,
  title={Physical attractiveness and monetary success in German Bundesliga},
  author={Ulrich Rosar and J{\"o}rg Hagenah and Markus Klein},
  journal={Soccer \& Society},
  year={2017},
  volume={18},
  pages={102 - 120}
}
That attractive people are more successful has been proved for many areas of life in the past. However, the effects of the attractiveness of professional athletes have not been examined yet. This is surprising as it is comparatively simple to measure the actual performance of this group of people and to control their performance in statistical models. In the study, 438 professional football players were examined who played in the 18 teams of the German Bundesliga in 2007 and 2008. It was… 
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