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Working Papers

2008

1. National Wellbeing and International Sports Events
   Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists

2006

2. A Theory of the Evolution of Modern Sport
   Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists
3. Competitive balance in sports leagues and the paradox of power
   Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists View citations
4. Goal! Profit maximization and win maximization in football leagues
   Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists
5. On the Edge of Your Seat: Demand for Football on Television and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis
   Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists View citations
6. Parallel Trade, International Exhaustion and Intellectual Property Rights: A Welfare Analysis
   CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS View citations
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations
7. Teaching competition in professional sports leagues
   Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists
   Also in IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists (2006)
8. The Champions League and the Coase Theorem
   Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists
   See also Journal Article in Scottish Journal of Political Economy (2007)
9. Tilting the Playing Field (Why a sports league planner would choose less, not more, competitive balance): The case of English Football
   Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists
10. Tilting the Playing Field: Why a sports league planner would choose less, not more, competitive balance
    Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists View citations

2004

11. First and Second Prizes in Imperfectly Discriminating Contests
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations

2003

12. Competitive balance and gate revenue sharing in team sports
    Working Papers, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Industrial Economics (2004)
13. Why Have Premium Sports Rights Migrated to Pay-TV in Europe but not in the US?
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists

2002

14. Competitive Balance and Income Redistribution in Team Sports
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2002, Royal Economic Society View citations

2000

15. Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome: Static and Dynamic Competitive Balance in European and North American Sports Leagues
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists
16. Transatlantic Sport: An Introduction
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists

1999

17. Two recent cases relating to broadcasting and football in England
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists

1997

18. A Law of Large numbers: Bidding and competitive tendering for refuse collection contracts
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. Goal! Profit Maximization Versus Win Maximization in Soccer
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2009, 34, (1), 45-68

2007

2. GOVERNANCE AND VERTICAL INTEGRATION IN TEAM SPORTS
   Contemporary Economic Policy, 2007, 25, (4), 616-626
3. THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND THE COASE THEOREM
   Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 54, (3), 355-373 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
4. The Economics of Sport: An International Perspective. By ROBERT SANDY, PETER J. SLOANE and MARK S. ROSENTRAUB
   Economica, 2007, 74, (294), 376-378

2006

5. PARALLEL TRADE, INTERNATIONAL EXHAUSTION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: A WELFARE ANALYSIS -super-*
   Journal of Industrial Economics, 2006, 54, (4), 499-526
6. The Economic Evolution of Sport and Broadcasting
   Australian Economic Review, 2006, 39, (4), 428-434

2005

7. Incentive effects of second prizes
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 21, (2), 467-481 View citations
8. Parallel trade, price discrimination, investment and price caps
   Economic Policy, 2005, 20, (44), 705-749 View citations

2004

9. Broadcasting, Attendance and the Inefficiency of Cartels
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2004, 24, (3), 243-265 View citations
10. Competitive balance and gate revenue sharing in team sports
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2004, 52, (1), 165-177 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2003

11. The Assessment: The Economics of Sport
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2003, 19, (4), 467-477 View citations
12. The Economic Design of Sporting Contests
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2003, 41, (4), 1137-1187 View citations

2002

13. The Economic Impact of the World Cup
    World Economics, 2002, 3, (1), 169-177 View citations
14. The Promotion Test
    World Economics, 2002, 3, (2), 171-183

2001

15. A Law of Large Numbers: Bidding and Compulsory Competitive Tendering for Refuse Collection Contracts
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2001, 18, (1), 105-113 View citations
16. Economics of Sport: Introduction
    Economic Journal, 2001, 111, (469), F1-3 View citations
17. Income Inequality, Competitive Balance and the Attractiveness of Team Sports: Some Evidence and a Natural Experiment from English Soccer
    Economic Journal, 2001, 111, (469), F69-84 View citations
18. Promotion and Relegation
    World Economics, 2001, 2, (2), 179-189 View citations
19. Up for the Cup
    World Economics, 2001, 2, (4), 175-183 View citations

2000

20. A Market Test for Discrimination in the English Professional Soccer Leagues
    Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (3), 590-603 View citations
21. Modelling the spatial impact of the introduction of Compulsory Competitive Tendering
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2000, 30, (2), 203-219 View citations
22. Racial Discrimination in English Football
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 47, (4), 342-63 View citations
23. The Market for Olympic Gold Medals
    World Economics, 2000, 1, (4), 207-214 View citations
24. The Political Economy of Sport
    World Economics, 2000, 1, (2), 101-109 View citations

1999

25. The Americanization of European football
    Economic Policy, 1999, 14, (28), 203-240 View citations

1997

26. Regulation through comparative performance evaluation
    Utilities Policy, 1997, 6, (4), 293-301
27. Spatial dependence through local yardstick competition:: theory and testing
    Economics Letters, 1997, 55, (2), 257-265 View citations
28. The English Football Industry: Profit, Performance and Industrial Structure
    International Review of Applied Economics, 1997, 11, (1), 135-53 View citations

1996

29. Making Hay While the Sun Shines
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1996, 44, (1), 1-16
30. The impact of compulsory competitive tendering on refuse collection services
    Fiscal Studies, 1996, 17, (3), 1-19 View citations

1995

31. Rational pricing strategies in the cross channel market
    Transport Policy, 1995, 2, (3), 169-177

1994

32. Strategic delegation with endogenous costs: A duopoly with wage bargaining
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1994, 12, (1), 105-116 View citations

1993

33. Cheap rubbish? Competitive tendering and contracting out in refuse collection, 1981-88
    Fiscal Studies, 1993, 14, (3), 109-30 View citations
34. Microeconomic contributions to strategic management: J. Thepot and R.-A. Thietart, eds.,North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1991
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1993, 11, (2), 294-296
35. Privatization, Liberalization, Wages and Employment: Theory and Evidence for the UK
    Economica, 1993, 60, (238), 161-81 View citations