ECON 4500: Sports Economics: Journal Articles

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Journal articles about sports economics

Antitrust

Devlin, A. & Michael Jacobs, Joint-venture analysis after American Needle, Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 7(3), 543-572, (2011).

Faconieri, S. et al. Collective versus individual sale of television rights in league sports, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2(5): 833-862 (2004).

Grow, Nathaniel, There’s no “I” in “League”: professional sports leagues and the single entity defense.  Michigan Law Review, 105. Pages 183-208

McCann, Michael, American Needle v. NFL: An Opportunity To Reshape Sports Law, The Yale Law Journal.

Mills, Brian et al. Fan Substitution between North American professional sports leagues, Applied Economics Letters. No 7. 563-566 (2015).

Ross, S. Antitrust, Professional Sports, and the Public Interest. Journal of Sports Economics, 2003.

Ross, S. Competition Law as a constraint on monopolistic exploitation by sports leagues and clubs, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol 19 No. 4, 569 – 584.

Szymanski, S. and Ross, S. Governance and vertical integration in team sports, Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 25, No. 4:  616-626 (2007).

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Cheating

Dilger, A et al. Are athletes doped? Some theoretical arguments and empirical evidence, Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 24, No. 4: 604-615 (2007).

Eber, Nicolas. The performance-enhancing drug game reconsidered: A fair play approach, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 9, No.3: 318-327, 2008).

Haugen, K. The performance-enhancing drug game. Journal of Sports Economics Vol. 5, No. 1: 67-86, (2004).

Krakel, M. Doping and cheating in contest-like situations, European Jouranl of Political Economy 23: 988-1006, (2007).

Maennig, W.  On the economics of doping and corruption in international sports, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1: 61-89, (2002).

Preston, I. & Szymanski, S. Cheating in contests, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 19 No. 4: 612-624, (2003).

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Collusion

Eckard, E. The Origin of the Reserve Clause: Owner Collusion Versus “Public Interest,” Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 2 No. 2: 113-130, (2001).

Ferguson, D., Jones, J. & Stewart, K. Competition within a Cartel: League Conduct and Team Conduct in the Market for Baseball Player Services, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 82(3): 422-430, (2000).

Brave, S., Ferguson, D. G. and Stewart, K., Competition Within a Cartel: Correction, Econometrics Working Papers, No. 0802, Department of Economics, University of Victoria, (2008). Retrieved from https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:vic:vicewp:0802.

Harrison, J. & Harrison C. The Law and Economics of the NCAA’S Claim to Monopsony Rights, University of Florida Legal Studies Research Paper, No. 2009-31

Humphreys, B. & Ruseski, J. Monitoring Cartel Behavior and Stability: Evidence from NCAA Football, Southern Economic Journal, 75(3): 720-735, (2009).

Kahn, L. Cartel Behavior and Amateurism in College Sports, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 21, No. 1: 209-226, (2007)

Moul, C. & Nye, J. Did the Soviets Collude? A Statistical Analysis of Championship Chess 1940-1978, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organizaion, 70: 10-21, (2009).

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Competitive Balance

Booth, R. Comparing Competetive Balance in Australian Sports Leagues: Does a Salary Cap and Player Draft Measure Up? Sports Management Review, 8, 119-143, (2005).

Buraimo, B. & Simmons, R. Do Sports Fans Really Value Uncertainty of Outcome? Evidence from the English Premier League, International Journal of Sport Finance, 3, 146-155, (2008).

Fort, R. & Quirk, J. Owner Objectives and Competitive Balance, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 5 No. 1: 20-32, (2004).

Lenten, L. Measurement of Competitive Balance in Conference and Divisional Tournament Design, Journal of Sports Economics16(1), 3-25, (2015).

Meehan, J. Jr, Nelson, R. & Richardson, T. Competitive Balance and Game Attendance in Major League Baseball, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 8 No. 6:563-580, (2007).

Paul, S. & Mitra, R. How Predictable are the FIFA Worldcup Football Outcomes? An Empirical Analysis, Applied Economics Letters, 15:1171-1176, (2008).

Perline, M. & Stoldt, G. Competitive Balance and the Big 12, The SMART Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1: 47-58, (2007).

Preissing, T. & Fenn, A. Determinants of Competitive Balance in the National Hockey League

Rottenberg, S. The Baseball Players’ Labor Market, The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 64, No. 3: 242-258, (1956).

Sanderson, A. & Siegfried, J. Thinking about Competitive Balance, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 4, No. 4: 255-279, (2003).

Sloane, P. J. Rottenberg and the Economics of Sport After 50 Years: An Evaluation, IZA Discussion Papers, No. 2175, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, (2006). Retrieved from https://ssrn.com/abstract=918719

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Discrimination

Lapchick, R., Calderon, A., Harless, C. & Turner, A. The 2009 Racial and Gender Report Card: College Sport, (2010). Retrieved from http://web.archive.org/web/20131003021602/http://idesport.org/RGRC/2009/2009_College_Sport_RGRC.pdf.

Gandelman, N. Selection Biases in Sports Markets, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 10, No. 5: 502-521, (2009).

Madden, J. & Ruther, M. Reply to: Differences in the Success of NFL Coaches by Race: A Different Perspective, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 10, No. 5: 543-550, (2009).

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Facility Management

Kingsland, M., Wiggers, J., & Wolfenden, L. Interventions in Sports Settings to Reduce Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Harm: A Systematic Review Protocol. BMJ Open, Vol. 2, No. 2: e000645, (2012).

Lenk, K., Toomey, T., Erickson, D., Kilian, G., Nelson, T., & Fabian, L. Alcohol Control Policies and Practices at Professional Sports Stadiums, Public Health Reports, Vol. 125, No. 5: 665-673. (2010).

Mahoney, M. & McMillen, J. Cowboys Stadium Mobility Assist Program: Accessible Routes and the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines, Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, Vol. 21, No. 1: 101-115, (2011).

Toomey, T. Erickson, D. Lenk, K. Kilian, G. Perry, C. & Wagenaar, A. A Randomized Trial to Evaluate a Management Training Program to Prevent Illegal Alcohol Sales, Addiction, Vol. 103, No. 3: 405-413. (2008).

Toomey, T. Erickson, D. Lenk, K. & Kilian, G. Likelihood of Illegal Alcohol Sales at Professional Sport Stadiums, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Vol. 32, No. 11: 1859-1864, (2008).

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Knowledge and Information

Conlin, M. & Emerson, P. Multidimensional Separating Equilibria and Moral Hazard: An Empirical Study of National Football League Contract Negotiations, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 85(3): 760-765, (2003).

Goff, B. Shughart, W. & Tollison, R. Moral Hazard and the Effects of the Designated Hitter Rule Revisited, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 36: 688-692, (1998).

Maxcy, J. Fort, R. & Krautmann, A. The Effectiveness of Incentive Mechanism in Major League Baseball, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 3, No. 3: 246-255, (2002).

Stiroh, K. Playing for Keeps: Pay and Performance in the NBA, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 45, No. 1: 145-161, (2007).

Trandel, G. White, L. & Klein, P. The Effect of the Designated Hitter Rule on Hit Batsmen: Pitcher’s Moral Hazard or the Team’s Cost-Benefit Calculation? A Comment, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 36: 679-684, (1998).

Bradbury, J. & Drinen, D. Research Notes: The Designated Hitter, Moral Hazard, and Hit Batters: New Evidence From Game-Level Data, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 7, No. 3: 319-329, (2006).

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Labor Markets

Covington, R. (How Much) Is the Law to Blame for Baseball’s Turbulent Labor Relations? Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 4, No. 4: 356-361, (2003),

Rosen, S. & Sanderson, A. Labour Markets in Professional Sports, The Economic Journal, Vol. 111, No. 469: F47-F68, (2001).

Frick, B. The Football Players’ Labor Market: Empirical Evidence From the Major European Leagues, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 54, No. 3: 422-446, (2007).

Scully, G. Player Salary Share and the Distribution of Player Earnings, Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 25, No. 2: 77-86, (2004).

Simmons, R. Overpaid Athletes? Comparing American and European Football, WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society, Vol. 10: 457-471, (2007).

Kesenne, S. The Single Entity Status of a Sports League, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 16(8): 811-818, (2015).

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Monopoly

Alexander, D. Major League Baseball: Monopoly Pricing and Profit-Maximizing Behavior, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 2, No. 4: 341-355, (2001).

Coates, D. & Humphreys, B. Ticket Prices, Concessions, and Attendance at Professional Sporting Events, International Journal of Sports Finance, Vol. 2, No. 3: 161-170, (2007).

Kahn, L. Sports League Expansion and Consumer Welfare, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 8, No. 2: 115-138, (2007).

Noll, R. The Organization of Sports Leagues, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 19, No. 4: 530-551, (2003).

Vrooman, J. Theory of the Perfect Game: Competitive Balance in Monopoly Sports Leagues, Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 34, No. 1: 5-44, (2009). 

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NCAA

White, D. Cowan, B. & Wooten, J. March Madness: NCAA Tournament Participation and College Alcohol Use, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, No. 23821, (2017). Retrieved from http://www.nber.org/papers/w23821.pdf.
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Oligopoly

Brook, S. & Fenn, A. Market Power in the National Football League, International Journal of Sports Finance, Vol. 3, No. 4: 239-244, (2008).

 Pepall, L. & Richards, D. Reach for the Stars: A Strategic Bidding Game, Economica, 68: 489-504, (2001).

Rebeggian, L. & Tondani, D. Organizational Forms in Professional Cycling: An Examination of the Efficiency of the UCI Pro Tour, International Journal of Sport Finance, Vol. 3, No. 1: 19-41, (2008).

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Pricing

Baade, R. & Matheson, V. Have Public Finance Principles Been Shut Out in Financing New Stadiums for the NFL? Public Finance and Management, Vol. 6, No. 3: 284-320, (2006).

Kolay, S. & Shaffer, G. Bundling and Menus of Two-Part Tariffs, The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 51, No. 3: 383-403, (2003).

Sherman, R. & Visscher, M. Persistent Multiple Prices for Oscillating Demand, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 81, No. 4: 494-504, (1979).

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Public Goods

Baade, R. Baumann, R. & Matheson, V. Selling the Game: Estimating the Economic Impact of Professional Sports through Taxable Sales, Southern Economic Journal, 74(3): 794-810, (2008).

Clapp, C. & Hakes, J. How Long a Honeymoon? The Effect of New Stadiums on Attendance in Major League Baseball, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 6, No. 3: 237-263, (2005).

Coates, D. Stadiums and Arenas: Economic Development or Economic Redistribution? Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 25, No. 4: 565-577, (2007).

Maennig, W. & du Plessis, S. World Cup 2010: South African Economic Perspectives and Policy Challenges Informed by the Experience of Germany 2006, Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 25, No. 4: 578-590, (2007).

Baade, R. Evaluating Subsidies for Professional Sports in the United States and Europe: A Public-Sector Primer, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 19, No. 4: 585-597, (2003)

Coates, D. & Gearhart, D. NASCAR as a Public Good, International Journal of Sport Finance, Vol.3, No. 1: 42-57, (2008).

Groothuis, P. Johnson, B. & Whitehead, J. Public Funding of Professional Sports Stadiums: Public Choice or Civic Pride? Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 3, No. 4: 515-526, (2004),

Johnson, B. Groothuis, P. & Whitehead, J. The Value of Public Goods Generated by a Major League Sports Team: The CVM Approach, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 2, No. 1: 6-21, (2001).

Miller, P. Private Financing and Sports Franchise Values: The Case of Major League Baseball, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 8, No. 5: 449-467, (2007).

Owen, J. The Intangible Benefits of Sports Teams, Public Finance and Management, Vol. 6, No. 3: 321-345, (2006).

Potter, D. 'Flutie Effect' Study Shows Success on Fields and Courts Really Does Mean More Applications, The Associated Press, (2008, March 23). Retrieved from Nexis Uni at https://iii.library.unt.edu/record=e1001308~S12.

Siegfried, J. & Zimbalist, A. The Economics of Sport Facilities and Their Communities, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 14, No. 3: 95-114, (2000).

Schwester, R. An Examination of the Public Good Externalities of Professional Athletic Venues: Justifications for Public Financing? Public Budgeting & Finance, Vol. 27, No.3: 89-109, (2007).

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Risk and Uncertainty

Ehrenberg, R. & Bognanno, M. Do Tournaments Have Incentive Effects? Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 98, No. 61: 1307-1324, (1990).

Ehrenberg, R. & Bognanno, M. The Incentive Effects of Tournaments Revisited: Evidence from the European PGA Tour, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 43: 74-S-88-S, (1990).

Norstad, J. An Introduction to Utility Theory, (1999). Unpublished manuscript at http://seshadri.us/docs/norstad_utility.pdf.

Colquitt, L. Godwin, N. & Shortridge, R. The Effects of Uncertainty on Market Prices: Evidence from Coaching Changes in the NBA, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 34(5) & (6): 861-871, (2007).

Soebbing, B. Competitive Balance and Attendance in Major League Baseball: An Empirical Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis, International Journal of Sport Finance, Vol. 3, No. 2: 119-126, (2008).

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Statistics

Yang, Y. S. Predicting Regular Season Results of NBA Teams Based on Regression Analysis of Common Basketball Statistics. Undergraduate Thesis, UC Berkeley, (2015).

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