摘要：The aim of the paper is to elaborate an alternative measure to compare football leagues based on Accumulated Points Difference (APD). The sample includes eight seasons (2006-2007 to 2013-2014) from nine football leagues: German Bundesliga, Campeonato Brasileiro (Brazil), La Liga BBVA (Spain), French Ligue 1, Dutch Eredivise, English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Portuguese Primeira Liga and Russian Premier League. We have employed the ANOVA one way with Tukey post hoc to compare the results. We have confirmed the robustness of the model comparing it with two traditional measures: Herfindahl Index of Competitive Balance (HICB) and C4 Index of Competitive Balance (C4ICB). As a result, we have found that the Brazilian League was the most balanced tournament in this period and there are no statistical differences between European leagues.
关键词：Competitive balance;Brazilian League;accumulated points difference;professional football;sports economics;Balance competitivo;Campeonato Brasileño;diferencia acumulada de puntos;fútbol profesional;economía del deporte;Balanço competitivo;Campeonato Brasileiro;diferença acumulada de pontos;futebol profissional;economia do esporte
