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Working Papers

2020

1. Jim Crow in the Saddle: The Expulsion of African American Jockeys from American Racing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

2. Beating the Odds: Black Jockeys in the Kentucky Derby, 1870-1911
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2014

3. Gender Differences in Response to Setbacks: Evidence from Professional Tennis
   DETU Working Papers, Department of Economics, Temple University View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Gender Differences in Response to Setbacks: Evidence from Professional Tennis, Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association (2016) View citations (9) (2016)

2013

4. Are Sunk Costs Irrelevant? Evidence from Playing Time in the National Basketball Association
   DETU Working Papers, Department of Economics, Temple University
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013)
   See also Journal Article ARE SUNK COSTS IRRELEVANT? EVIDENCE FROM PLAYING TIME IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2015) View citations (9) (2015)

2010

5. Point Shaving in NCAA Basketball: Corrupt Behavior or Statistical Artifact?
   DETU Working Papers, Department of Economics, Temple University

2007

6. International Soccer Success and National Institutions
   Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article International Soccer Success and National Institutions, Journal of Sports Economics (2009) View citations (27) (2009)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Integration and Team Performance in the NBA
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2024, 25, (2), 257-278
2. I’ll Take Gender Differences for $400: Using Jeopardy! to Analyze Attitudes Toward Risk
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2024, 50, (3), 374-399

2022

3. Teaching the economics of sports
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2022, 53, (2), 150-158 View citations (1)

2020

4. Productivity, Rents, and the Salaries of Group of Five Football Coaches
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2020, 21, (1), 3-19 View citations (3)

2018

5. Rent Sharing and the Compensation of Head Coaches in Power Five College Football
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2018, 52, (2), 253-267 View citations (5)

2017

6. Monopsony Power in the Labor Market of Nippon Professional Baseball
   Managerial and Decision Economics, 2017, 38, (5), 689-696 View citations (4)

2016

7. Does It Pay to Build Through the Draft in the National Basketball Association?
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2016, 17, (5), 501-516 View citations (4)
8. Gender Differences in Response to Setbacks: Evidence from Professional Tennis
   Social Science Quarterly, 2016, 97, (2), 161-176 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Gender Differences in Response to Setbacks: Evidence from Professional Tennis, DETU Working Papers (2014) View citations (2) (2014)
9. Will the games pay? An event analysis of the 2020 summer Olympics announcement on stock markets in Japan, Spain, and Turkey
   Applied Economics Letters, 2016, 23, (12), 880-883 View citations (2)

2015

10. ARE SUNK COSTS IRRELEVANT? EVIDENCE FROM PLAYING TIME IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
    Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53, (2), 1305-1316 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Are Sunk Costs Irrelevant? Evidence from Playing Time in the National Basketball Association, DETU Working Papers (2013) (2013)
11. Editors’ Introduction
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2015, 16, (6), 555-556
12. Salary Determination in the Presence of Fixed Revenues
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2015, 10, (1), 5-25
13. The Economics of Community Gardening
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2015, 41, (2), 200-213 View citations (1)
14. Youth sports and the accumulation of human capital
    IZA World of Labor, 2015, 129 View citations (3)

2014

15. Book Review: Review of “In the Best Interests of Baseballâ€
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2014, 15, (1), 97-102
16. Editors’ Introduction
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2014, 15, (5), 427-428
17. Quantile Regression for Sports Economics
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2014, 9, (4), 346-359

2013

18. Failing to Cover: Point Shaving or Statistical Abnormality?
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2013, 8, (3), 175-191

2012

19. Gold, Silver, and Bronze: Determining National Success in Men’s and Women’s Summer Olympic Events
    Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 2012, 232, (3), 279-292 View citations (12)
20. Labor Markets and National Culture: Salary Determination in Japanese Baseball
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2012, 38, (4), 479-494 View citations (2)
21. Take Me Out to the Yakyushiai
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2012, 13, (1), 34-52 View citations (6)

2010

22. Is bad news always bad? The impact of Floyd Landis's rise and fall on Phonak
    Applied Economics Letters, 2010, 17, (8), 805-808 View citations (3)

2009

23. International Soccer Success and National Institutions
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2009, 10, (4), 369-390 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper International Soccer Success and National Institutions, Working Papers (2007) View citations (12) (2007)
24. Rational Exuberance? An Event Analysis of the 2008 Olympics Announcement
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2009, 4, (1), 5-15
25. Response to Blair and Haynes
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2009, 10, (2), 207-208
26. The Role of Managers in Team Performance
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2009, 4, (2), 75-93

2008

27. Book Review: The Bottom Line: Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business, by Andrew Zimbalist. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2006. 312 pp
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2008, 9, (1), 106-109
28. DO GOOD OLYMPICS MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS?
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2008, 26, (3), 460-467 View citations (12)

2007

29. A Stadium by Any Other Name
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2007, 8, (6), 581-595 View citations (9)
30. Interscholastic Athletics and Investment in Human Capital*
    Social Science Quarterly, 2007, 88, (3), 729-744 View citations (5)

2004

31. Spousal Complementarity in Home Production
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2004, 63, (4), 795-811 View citations (3)

2003

32. Race, incentives, and opportunities: The importance of timing
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2003, 30, (3), 55-69 View citations (2)

2002

33. Collegiate Athletic Directors as Entrepreneurs
    Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 2002, 7, (2), 33-44 View citations (2)

2001

34. Winner Take All in the NFL
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2001, 2, (3), 244-256 View citations (29)

1992

35. Trh a životní prostøedí - Pøíspìvek Ronalda Coase a jeho význam pro transformující se hospodáøství (The Market and the Environment - the Contributions of Ronald Coase and Their Meaning for Economies in Transition)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1992, 42, (10), 495-502
36. Who Benefits from Affirmative Action? The Case of the AEA Summer Minority Program 1986-1990
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1992, 6, (2), 149-156 View citations (4)

1990

37. Part-time Status and Hourly Earnings of Black and White Men
    Economic Inquiry, 1990, 28, (3), 544-54 View citations (1)

1989

38. Government DEBT, Immigration, and Durable Public Goods
    Public Finance Review, 1989, 17, (2), 227-235

1985

39. Property values and pension underfunding in the local public sector
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1985, 18, (1), 34-46 View citations (15)

Edited books

2013

1. Handbook on the Economics of Women in Sports
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (4)

Chapters

2023

1. The Effect of Having an On-Campus College Football Stadium on Attendance
   Springer

2015

2. Professional Sports Teams as Advertisements: The Case of Nippon Professional Baseball
   Springer

2013

3. Do men and women respond differently to economic contests? The case of men’s and ladies’ figure skating
   Chapter 15 in Handbook on the Economics of Women in Sports, 2013, pp 319-344
4. Participation in women’s sport in Australia
   Chapter 2 in Handbook on the Economics of Women in Sports, 2013, pp 40-55

2011

5. Sports Economics as Applied Microeconomics
   Chapter 64 in International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, 2011