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Working Papers

2024

1. Consumer Perceptions Matter: A Case Study of an Anomaly in English Football
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (1)
   Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2024) View citations (1)
2. Scoring goals: The impact of English Premier League football teams on local university admissions
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading
   See also Journal Article Scoring goals: The impact of English Premier League football teams on local university admissions, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2024) (2024)

2023

3. A decade of violence and empty stadiums in Egypt: When does emotion from the terraces affect behaviour on the pitch?
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article A decade of violence and empty stadiums in Egypt: when does emotion from the terraces affect behaviour on the pitch?, Empirical Economics, Springer (2023) View citations (5) (2023)
4. Large Sporting Events and Public Health and Safety
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading
5. Running Up That Hill: Fitness in the Face of Recession
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
6. The Impact of Uncertainty on Fan Interest Surrounding Multiple Outcomes in Open European Football Leagues
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (2)
7. The Iron Curtain and Referee Bias in International Football
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The Iron Curtain and Referee Bias in International Football, Journal of Sports Economics (2024) View citations (2) (2024)

2022

8. Betting on a buzz, mispricing and inefficiency in online sportsbooks
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Betting on a buzz: Mispricing and inefficiency in online sportsbooks, International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier (2023) (2023)
9. Forecasting: theory and practice
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (70)
   See also Journal Article Forecasting: theory and practice, International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier (2022) View citations (30) (2022)
10. Home advantage and mispricing in indoor sports’ ghost games: the case of European basketball
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (1)
11. Separating the crowds: Examining home and away attendances at football matches
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (1)

2021

12. Does Certainty on the Winner Diminish the Interest in Sport Competitions? The Case of Formula One
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Does certainty on the winner diminish the interest in sport competitions? The case of formula one, Empirical Economics, Springer (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
13. Eliminating supportive crowds reduces referee bias
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Eliminating supportive crowds reduces referee bias, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2022) View citations (30) (2022)
14. How Sensitive are Sports Fans to Unemployment?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2021)
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading (2021)
    See also Journal Article How sensitive are sports fans to unemployment?, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2023) View citations (3) (2023)
15. How big is home advantage at the Olympic Games?
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (4)
16. The Long Shadow of an Infection: COVID-19 and Performance at Work
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (5)
    Also in DICE Discussion Papers, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) (2021) View citations (6)
17. What Can We Learn About Economics from Sport during Covid-19?
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (5)
    Also in National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (2021) View citations (3)

2020

18. Betting markets for English Premier League results and scorelines: evaluating a forecasting model
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Betting Markets for English Premier League Results and Scorelines: Evaluating a Simple Forecasting Model, Economic Issues Journal Articles, Economic Issues (2020) (2020)
19. Causal effects of an absent crowd on performances and refereeing decisions during Covid-19
    National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers, National Institute of Economic and Social Research View citations (13)
    Also in Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading (2020) View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Causal effects of an absent crowd on performances and refereeing decisions during Covid-19, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2021) View citations (79) (2021)
20. Demand for Public Events in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of European Football
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (12)
21. Echoes: what happens when football is played behind closed doors?
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (37)
22. Evaluating Strange Forecasts: The Curious Case of Football Match Scorelines
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Evaluating strange forecasts: The curious case of football match scorelines, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society (2021) View citations (6) (2021)
23. Experimental Effects of an Absent Crowd on Performances and Refereeing Decisions during COVID-19
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (14)
    Also in DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London (2020) View citations (11)
24. Football Attendance Over the Centuries
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading
    See also Chapter Football attendance over the centuries, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
25. It's Just Not Cricket: The Uncontested Toss and the Gentleman's Game
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (2)
26. Mass Outdoor Events and the Spread of a Virus: English Football and Covid-19
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (11)
27. Outcomes with asymmetric payoffs: The case of the Soviet Football League
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading
28. Stadium attendance demand during the COVID-19 crisis: Early empirical evidence from Belarus
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Stadium attendance demand during the COVID-19 crisis: early empirical evidence from Belarus, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2021) View citations (8) (2021)
29. Why are we so good at football, and they so bad? Institutions and national footballing performance
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading
    See also Journal Article Why are We So Good At Football, and They So Bad? Institutions and National Footballing Performance, De Economist, Springer (2021) (2021)

2019

30. Going with your gut: the (in)accuracy of forecast revisions in a football score prediction game
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Department of Economics, H. O. Stekler Research Program on Forecasting (2018)
    See also Journal Article Going with your gut: The (In)accuracy of forecast revisions in a football score prediction game, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
31. Information, prices and efficiency in an online betting market
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Information, prices and efficiency in an online betting market, Finance Research Letters, Elsevier (2020) View citations (17) (2020)
32. Social Pressure or Rational Reactions to Incentives? A Historical Analysis of Reasons for Referee Bias in the Spanish Football
    DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística
    Also in Working Papers, University of Liverpool, Department of Economics (2018)

2018

33. Officials and Home Advantage
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (1)
34. Prediction Markets and Poll Releases: When Are Prices Most Informative?
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading

2016

35. General-to-Specific (GETS) Modelling And Indicator Saturation With The R Package Gets
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (7)
36. Using Social Media to Identify Market Ine!ciencies: Evidence from Twitter and Betfair
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Department of Economics, H. O. Stekler Research Program on Forecasting View citations (5)
37. Using Social Media to Identify Market Inefficiencies: Evidence from Twitter and Betfair
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (6)
    Also in Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics, Economic Studies, University of Dundee (2016) View citations (6)

2014

38. Information and Predictability: Bookmakers, Prediction Markets and Tipsters as Forecasters
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article INFORMATION AND PREDICTABILITY: BOOKMAKERS, PREDICTION MARKETS AND TIPSTERS AS FORECASTERS, Journal of Prediction Markets, University of Buckingham Press (2014) View citations (13) (2014)
39. On Fixing International Cricket Matches
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading
40. Prediction Markets, Twitter and Bigotgate
    Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (3)

2013

41. Using Forecasting to Detect Corruption in International Football
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Department of Economics, H. O. Stekler Research Program on Forecasting View citations (2)

2012

42. Punishing the Foreigner: Implicit Discrimination in the Premier League Based on Oppositional Identity
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Punishing the Foreigner: Implicit Discrimination in the Premier League Based on Oppositional Identity, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2013) View citations (19) (2013)

2011

43. Chinese Monetary Policy and the Dollar Peg
    VfS Annual Conference 2011 (Frankfurt, Main): The Order of the World Economy - Lessons from the Crisis, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (1)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics (2010) View citations (13)
44. Exchange vs Dealers: A High-Frequency Analysis of In-Play Betting Prices
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham View citations (7)
45. From the General to the Specific
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham View citations (1)
46. Information and Efficiency: Goal Arrival in Soccer Betting
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article Information and Efficiency: Goal Arrival in Soccer Betting, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2014) View citations (51) (2014)
47. Modelling Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the US: A Cointegration Approach
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham View citations (6)

2010

48. Panel Estimation for Worriers
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (15)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham (2010) View citations (16)
49. Too Much to Lose, or More to Gain? Should Sweden Join the Euro?
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham View citations (7)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (15)

2009

50. Leader of the Pack? German Monetary Dominance in Europe Prior to EMU
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Leader of the pack? German monetary dominance in Europe prior to EMU, Economic Modelling, Elsevier (2011) View citations (17) (2011)

2004

51. Simulating properties of the likelihood ratio test for a unit root in an explosive second order autoregression
    Economics Papers, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Simulating Properties of the Likelihood Ratio Test for a Unit Root in an Explosive Second-Order Autoregression, Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals (2007) View citations (1) (2007)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Exploring entertainment utility from football games
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 223, (C), 185-198
2. Scoring goals: The impact of English Premier League football teams on local university admissions
   Economics Letters, 2024, 244, (C)
   See also Working Paper Scoring goals: The impact of English Premier League football teams on local university admissions, Economics Discussion Papers (2024) (2024)
3. The Iron Curtain and Referee Bias in International Football
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2024, 25, (1), 126-151 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper The Iron Curtain and Referee Bias in International Football, Economics Discussion Papers (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2023

4. A decade of violence and empty stadiums in Egypt: when does emotion from the terraces affect behaviour on the pitch?
   Empirical Economics, 2023, 65, (3), 1487-1507 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper A decade of violence and empty stadiums in Egypt: When does emotion from the terraces affect behaviour on the pitch?, Economics Discussion Papers (2023) View citations (8) (2023)
5. Betting on a buzz: Mispricing and inefficiency in online sportsbooks
   International Journal of Forecasting, 2023, 39, (3), 1413-1423
   See also Working Paper Betting on a buzz, mispricing and inefficiency in online sportsbooks, Economics Discussion Papers (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
6. Home advantage and mispricing in indoor sports’ ghost games: the case of European basketball
   Annals of Operations Research, 2023, 325, (1), 391-418 View citations (1)
7. How sensitive are sports fans to unemployment?
   Applied Economics Letters, 2023, 30, (3), 324-330 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper How Sensitive are Sports Fans to Unemployment?, CEPR Discussion Papers (2021) (2021)

2022

8. Does certainty on the winner diminish the interest in sport competitions? The case of formula one
   Empirical Economics, 2022, 63, (2), 1059-1079 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Does Certainty on the Winner Diminish the Interest in Sport Competitions? The Case of Formula One, Economics Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
9. Eliminating supportive crowds reduces referee bias
   Economic Inquiry, 2022, 60, (3), 1416-1436 View citations (30)
   See also Working Paper Eliminating supportive crowds reduces referee bias, Economics Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (12) (2021)
10. Forecasting: theory and practice
    International Journal of Forecasting, 2022, 38, (3), 705-871 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper Forecasting: theory and practice, Papers (2022) View citations (70) (2022)
11. Measuring US regional economic uncertainty
    Journal of Regional Science, 2022, 62, (4), 1149-1178
12. What cannot be cured must be endured: The long-lasting effect of a COVID-19 infection on workplace productivity
    Labour Economics, 2022, 79, (C) View citations (17)

2021

13. Causal effects of an absent crowd on performances and refereeing decisions during Covid-19
    Economics Letters, 2021, 198, (C) View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper Causal effects of an absent crowd on performances and refereeing decisions during Covid-19, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (13) (2020)
14. Evaluating strange forecasts: The curious case of football match scorelines
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 68, (2), 261-285 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Evaluating Strange Forecasts: The Curious Case of Football Match Scorelines, Economics Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (5) (2020)
15. Stadium attendance demand during the COVID-19 crisis: early empirical evidence from Belarus
    Applied Economics Letters, 2021, 28, (18), 1542-1547 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Stadium attendance demand during the COVID-19 crisis: Early empirical evidence from Belarus, Economics Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (9) (2020)
16. Why are We So Good At Football, and They So Bad? Institutions and National Footballing Performance
    De Economist, 2021, 169, (1), 63-80
    See also Working Paper Why are we so good at football, and they so bad? Institutions and national footballing performance, Economics Discussion Papers (2020) (2020)

2020

17. Betting Markets for English Premier League Results and Scorelines: Evaluating a Simple Forecasting Model
    Economic Issues Journal Articles, 2020, 25, (1), 87-106
    See also Working Paper Betting markets for English Premier League results and scorelines: evaluating a forecasting model, Economics Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (4) (2020)
18. Forecasting and forecast narratives: The Bank of England Inflation Reports
    International Journal of Forecasting, 2020, 36, (4), 1488-1500 View citations (17)
19. Going with your gut: The (In)accuracy of forecast revisions in a football score prediction game
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2020, 89, (C) View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Going with your gut: the (in)accuracy of forecast revisions in a football score prediction game, Economics Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (3) (2019)
20. Information, prices and efficiency in an online betting market
    Finance Research Letters, 2020, 35, (C) View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Information, prices and efficiency in an online betting market, Economics Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2019

21. Financial Sustainability and Social Outreach in Microfinance: Do Micro-Savings Attenuate Trade-Offs?
    Africagrowth Agenda, 2019, 16, (3), 4-6
22. Polls to probabilities: Comparing prediction markets and opinion polls
    International Journal of Forecasting, 2019, 35, (1), 336-350 View citations (2)
23. The wisdom of amateur crowds: Evidence from an online community of sports tipsters
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, 272, (3), 1073-1081 View citations (21)
24. When are prediction market prices most informative?
    International Journal of Forecasting, 2019, 35, (1), 420-428 View citations (14)

2018

25. FORECASTING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA: EVIDENCE FROM TWEETS ON SOCCER MATCHES
    Economic Inquiry, 2018, 56, (3), 1748-1763 View citations (23)

2016

26. Forecasting Elections
    Journal of Forecasting, 2016, 35, (4), 308-328 View citations (19)
27. Prediction Markets, Social Media and Information Efficiency
    Kyklos, 2016, 69, (3), 518-556 View citations (14)

2014

28. INFORMATION AND PREDICTABILITY: BOOKMAKERS, PREDICTION MARKETS AND TIPSTERS AS FORECASTERS
    Journal of Prediction Markets, 2014, 8, (1), 43-76 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Information and Predictability: Bookmakers, Prediction Markets and Tipsters as Forecasters, Economics Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (12) (2014)
29. Information and Efficiency: Goal Arrival in Soccer Betting
    Economic Journal, 2014, 124, (575), 62-91 View citations (51)
    See also Working Paper Information and Efficiency: Goal Arrival in Soccer Betting, Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (30) (2011)

2013

30. Punishing the Foreigner: Implicit Discrimination in the Premier League Based on Oppositional Identity
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 75, (1), 136-156 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Punishing the Foreigner: Implicit Discrimination in the Premier League Based on Oppositional Identity, Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (12) (2012)

2011

31. From the General to the Specific—Modelling Inflation in China
    Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik), 2011, 57, (1), 27-44
32. Leader of the pack? German monetary dominance in Europe prior to EMU
    Economic Modelling, 2011, 28, (1-2), 239-250 View citations (17)
    Also in Economic Modelling, 2011, 28, (1), 239-250 (2011) View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Leader of the Pack? German Monetary Dominance in Europe Prior to EMU, Economics Series Working Papers (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
33. Measurement of competitive balance in professional team sports using the Normalized Concentration Ratio
    Economics Bulletin, 2011, 31, (3), 2529-2540 View citations (8)

2009

34. Playing Like the Home Team: An Economic Investigation into Home Advantage in Football
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2009, 4, (1), 16-41

2008

35. Elusive return predictability: Discussion
    International Journal of Forecasting, 2008, 24, (1), 22-28
36. Linear vs. Log‐linear Unit‐Root Specification: An Application of Mis‐specification Encompassing*
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 70, (s1), 829-847 View citations (5)

2007

37. Simulating Properties of the Likelihood Ratio Test for a Unit Root in an Explosive Second-Order Autoregression
    Econometric Reviews, 2007, 26, (5), 487-501 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Simulating properties of the likelihood ratio test for a unit root in an explosive second order autoregression, Economics Papers (2004) View citations (1) (2004)

Chapters

2021

1. Football attendance over the centuries
   Chapter 3 in A Modern Guide to Sports Economics, 2021, pp 21-43 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Football Attendance Over the Centuries, Department of Economics, University of Reading (2020) (2020)

2014

2. Detecting corruption in football
   Chapter 25 in Handbook on the Economics of Professional Football, 2014, pp 419-446

2011

3. When You Got Nothing, You Got Nothing to Lose – Regional Monetary Integration and Policy Independence
   Chapter 12 in Regional Integration, Economic Development and Global Governance, 2011 View citations (1)