What Can We Learn About Economics from Sport during Covid-19?

Carl Singleton, Alex Bryson, Peter Dolton (), J Reade and Dominik Schreyer
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Peter Dolton: Department of Economics, University of Sussex

No em-dp2021-01, Economics Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Reading

Abstract: The economics of sport and how sport provides insights into economics have experienced exogenous shocks from Covid-19, facilitating many natural experiments. These have provided partial answers to questions of: how airborne viruses may spread in crowds; how crowds respond to the risk and information about infection; how the absence of crowds may affect social pressure and arbitration decisions; and how quickly betting markets respond to new information. We review this evidence and advise how sports economics research could continue to be most valuable to policymakers.

Keywords: Sports Economics; Coronavirus; Natural Experiments; Referee Bias; Social Pressure; Prediction Markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 L83 Z20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2021-01-14
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cwa, nep-ore and nep-spo
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Working Paper: What we can learn about economics from professional sport during Covid-19 (2021)
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