Journal of Sports Economics

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Volume 24, issue 8, 2023

Outcome Uncertainty and ESports Viewership: The Case of Overwatch League pp. 971-992

Taeyeon Oh, Seomgyun Lee and Hayley Jang

Emotional Cues and the Demand for Televised Sports: Evidence from the UEFA Champions League pp. 993-1025

Travis Richardson, Georgios Nalbantis and Tim Pawlowski

Overshadowed by Popularity: The Value of Second-Tier Stars in European Football pp. 1026-1054

Fabienne Jedelhauser, Raphael Flepp and Egon Franck

Determinants of Career Exits and Career Breaks in Women's Professional Basketball pp. 1055-1075

Christopher Jepsen

Revisiting the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis and the Loss Aversion Hypothesis in the National Basketball Association: Adding a Predicted Game Quality Perspective pp. 1076-1096

Moonsup Hyun, Gareth J. Jones, Wonsok (Frank) Jee, Jeremy S. Jordan, James Du and Yohan Lee

Volume 24, issue 7, 2023

The Allocation of Additional Slots for the FIFA World Cup pp. 831-850

Alex Krumer and Juan Moreno-Ternero

City Marathon Events and Tourism Industry: A Quasi-Natural Experiment pp. 851-876

Chen Gan, Taotao Deng and Weishu Zhao

When the Stars Are Out: The Impact of Missed Games on NBA Television Audiences pp. 877-902

Patrick Reilly, John Solow and Peter von Allmen

The Flutie and Anti-Flutie Effect: The Impact of Football Championships and Athletic Malfeasance on the University pp. 903-931

Abigail Cormier, Austin F. Eggers, Peter A. Groothuis and Kurt W. Rotthoff

You’ve Got Three Choices: Give in, Give up, or Give it All You’ve Got: Does Contest Heterogeneity Affect Effort in Individual Competitions? pp. 932-965

Hendrik Scholten

Volume 24, issue 6, 2023

False Start? An Analysis of NFL Penalties With and Without Crowds pp. 695-716

Alex Farnell

Disaggregated Attendance Demand: Comparing Daily Ticket Purchasers and Season Ticket Holders in K-League 1 pp. 717-736

Hojun Sung and Hyunwoong Pyun

Attractive or Aggressive? A Face Recognition and Machine Learning Approach for Estimating Returns to Visual Appearance pp. 737-758

Guodong Guo, Brad Humphreys, Qiangchang Wang and Yang Zhou

Stock Markets’ Reactions to the Announcement of the Hosts. An Event Study in the Analysis of Large Sporting Events in the Years 1976–2032 pp. 759-800

Krystian M. Zawadzki and Marcin Potrykus

Crowds and the Timing of Goals and Referee Decisions1 pp. 801-828

Christopher Magee and Amy Wolaver

Volume 24, issue 5, 2023

Mass Gathering Sport Events and the Spread of Viral Respiratory Infection: Japanese Professional Baseball and Influenza pp. 551-578

Hiroaki Funahashi, Alexander Cardazzi and Nicholas Masafumi Watanabe

European Men's Club Football in the Eyes of Consumers: The Determinants of Television Broadcast Demand pp. 579-623

Anthony Macedo, Marta Ferreira Dias and Paulo Reis Mourão

A Dynamic Analysis of Equal Revenue Sharing and Endogenous Salary Caps in the N-Team Leagues pp. 624-638

Masaki Fujimoto

Division Play and Outcome Uncertainty in Sports Leagues pp. 639-663

Young Hoon Lee and Rodney Fort

Market Efficiency and Censoring Bias in College Football Gambling pp. 664-689

Robert Arscott

Volume 24, issue 4, 2023

Substitution Effects and the Transnational Demand for European Soccer Telecasts pp. 407-442

Georgios Nalbantis, Tim Pawlowski and Dominik Schreyer

Sports Facilities as a Housing Amenity: Do Prices Follow Facilities? pp. 443-474

Geoffrey Propheter

The Designated Player Policy Rule and Attendance Demand in Major League Soccer pp. 475-496

Johan Rewilak

Corruption and Self-Sabotage in Sporting Competitions – An Experimental Approach to Match-Fixing Behavior and the Influence of Deterrence Factors pp. 497-525

Thomas Giel, Sören Dallmeyer, Daniel Memmert and Christoph Breuer

A comparative study of scoring systems by simulations pp. 526-545

László Csató

Volume 24, issue 3, 2023

The Spread of Integration in Major League Baseball pp. 271-284

Paul Holmes and Robert F. Kane

The Importance of Team Fit for NBA Rookies’ Career Earnings pp. 285-309

Joseph Kuehn and Filippo Rebessi

About the “Away Goals Rule†in Association Football. Does Scrapping the Rule Increase the Fairness of the Game? pp. 310-328

Francisco J. Bahamonde-Birke and Ramón Andrés Bahamonde-Birke

The Value of College Athletics in the Labor Market: Results from a Resume Audit Field Experiment pp. 329-351

James D. Paul, Albert A. Cheng, Jay P. Greene and Josh B. McGee

Performance Quality Preference Heterogeneity in Major League Baseball pp. 352-373

Brian Mills and Rodney Fort

Behavioral Biases in Daily Fantasy Baseball: The Case of the Hot Hand pp. 374-401

Jeremy Losak, Andrew Weinbach and Rodney Paul

Volume 24, issue 2, 2023

Real Options Applied to Consumer Goods: Maximizing Profits and Fan Welfare pp. 139-158

Jason P. Berkowitz and Kurt W. Rotthoff

Policy and Policy Response on the Court: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination of the Three-Point Line Extension in Basketball pp. 159-173

Justin A. Ehrlich, Shankar Ghimire, Thomas R. Sadler and Shane D. Sanders

The Incentive Effects of Tournaments and Peer Effects in Team Production: Evidence from Esports pp. 174-192

Eric Mao

You Booze, You Lose? Spillovers to Crime from Alcohol Sales at College Football Games pp. 193-240

Zachary Fone

Gendered Consequences of COVID-19 Among Professional Tennis Players pp. 241-266

Michael Cary and Heather Stephens

Volume 24, issue 1, 2023

Do Fans Impact Sports Outcomes? A COVID-19 Natural Experiment∗ pp. 3-27

Jeffrey Cross and Richard Uhrig

Incentives and Strategic Behavior of Professional Boxers pp. 28-49

Zafer Akin, Murat Issabayev and Islam Rizvanoghlu

Scoring Benefits to Eastward Travel in the NBA pp. 50-72

James Hasbany, Ryland Burke, Lawrence Watson and Jacqueline Doremus

Professional Sports Events and Public Spending: Evidence from Municipal Police Budgets pp. 73-96

Hyunwoong Pyun, Brad Humphreys and Umair Khalil

Participation in Competitive Sports Closes Gender Gaps in Competition and in Risk Taking pp. 97-133

Marc Willinger, Dimitri Dubois and Sabrina Bravaccini

Volume 23, issue 8, 2022

UEFA Against the Champions? An Evaluation of the Recent Reform of the Champions League Qualification pp. 991-1016

László Csató

Anthem Protests, Viewer Politics, and the Demand for NFL Games: Assessing the Impact of National Anthem Protests on Viewership pp. 1017-1045

Noah Sperling and Donald Vandegrift

All Runs Are Created Equal: Labor Market Efficiency in Major League Baseball pp. 1046-1075

Ryan Pinheiro and Stefan Szymanski

Sports-based Entertainment and Crime Evidence from Football Games in Brazil pp. 1076-1095

Ilaria Masiero

The Wellbeing Valuation Approach: The Monetary Value of Sport Participation and Volunteering for Different Life Satisfaction Measures and Estimators pp. 1096-1115

Tim F. Thormann, Sebastian Gehrmann and Pamela Wicker

Volume 23, issue 7, 2022

Risk-taking in contests with heterogeneous players and intermediate Information—Evidence from handball pp. 851-880

Lena Neuberg and Stefan Thiem

Does The Betting Industry Price Gender? Evidence from Professional Tennis pp. 881-906

Joxe Maria Barrutiabengoa, Pilar Corredor and Luis Muga

Efficient Spread Betting Markets: A Literature Review pp. 907-949

Jonas Vandenbruaene, Marc De Ceuster and Jan Annaert

The Effect of the Crowd on Home Bias: Evidence from NBA Games During the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 950-975

Hua Gong

What is the Impact of Post-Season Bowl Participation on a Football Program's On-Field Success, Recruiting and Revenues? pp. 976-988

Stacey L. Brook

Volume 23, issue 6, 2022

Anniversary Issue: Editor's Introduction pp. 627-630

Dennis Coates

The Journal of Sports Economics: 20 Years and Counting pp. 631-636

Leo Kahane

The Who and the What of the Journal of Sports Economics – 20th Anniversary Edition pp. 637-658

Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez, Julio del Corral and Plácido Rodríguez

Oldies but Goldies! Twenty Years After, the Journal of Sports Economics at a Crossroads? pp. 659-727

Wladimir Andreff

Professional Labor Markets in the Journal of Sports Economics pp. 728-748

Rob Simmons

Stadium Attendance Demand Research: A Scoping Review pp. 749-788

Dominik Schreyer and Payam Ansari

Contest Outcome Uncertainty and Fan Decisions: A Meta-Analysis pp. 789-807

Clay Collins and Brad Humphreys

Rottenberg at Sixty-Five: In Honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Journal of Sports Economics pp. 808-825

Rodney Fort

Sports Economics on Trial: Alston v. NCAA pp. 826-845

Roger Noll

Volume 23, issue 5, 2022

COVID-19 Diffusion Before Awareness: The Role of Football Match Attendance in Italy pp. 503-523

Vincenzo Alfano

Where to Go Next? Examining the Effect of Franchise Expansion and Location on Game-Level Attendance in Major League Soccer pp. 524-547

Dirk Semmelroth, Bernd Frick, Robert Simmons and Hojun Sung

Wage Dispersion and Team Performance: The Moderation Role of Club Size pp. 548-566

Thadeu Gasparetto and Angel Barajas

Sports Mega-Events and Economic Growth: A Synthetic Control Approach pp. 567-597

Michał Marcin Kobierecki and Michał Pierzgalski

Set-level Strategic and Psychological Momentum in Best-of-three-set Professional Tennis Matches pp. 598-623

Craig Depken, John M. Gandar and Dmitry A. Shapiro

Volume 23, issue 4, 2022

Exploring the Market of Soccer Player Registrations: An Empirical Analysis of the Difference Between Transfer Fees and Estimated Players’ Inherent Value pp. 379-406

Domenico Campa

Property Rights Freedom and Innovation: Eponymous Skills in Women's Gymnastics pp. 407-430

Franklin Mixon and Richard Cebula

Prevention Effect of News Shocks in Anti-Doping Policies pp. 431-459

Wolfgang Maennig and Viktoria C. E. Schumann

Raising the Bar: Causal Evidence on Gender Differences in Risk-Taking From a Natural Experiment pp. 460-478

René Böheim, Mario Lackner and Wilhelm Wagner

Player Mobility and Competitive Balance Regulation in Professional Sports Leagues pp. 479-500

Marco Runkel

Volume 23, issue 3, 2022

Offensive/Defensive Talent and Sporting Success in Football: Evidence From the Big Five European Leagues pp. 251-276

Miquel Carreras-Simó and Jaume García

Can Professional Football Players Adapt to Air Pollution? Evidence From China pp. 277-300

Yu Qin, Jing Wu and Rongjie Zhang

Sex Differences in High-Level Managerial Jobs: Evidence From Professional Basketball pp. 301-328

Quinn A. W. Keefer

Moments of Competitive Balance in Major League Soccer pp. 329-354

Hojun Sung, Brian Mills and Younghoon Lee

Are the Lowest-Paid UFC Fighters Really Overpaid? A Comment on Gift (2019) pp. 355-365

Kevin Caves, Ted Tatos and Augustus Urschel

Reply to the Caves et al. Comment on “Moving the Needle in MMA: On the Marginal Revenue Product of UFC Fighters†pp. 366-373

Paul Gift

Volume 23, issue 2, 2022

Salary Cap, Organizational Gap, and Catch-up in the Performance of NBA Teams: A Two-Stage DEA Model Under Heterogeneity pp. 123-155

Nikos Chatzistamoulou, Kostantinos Kounetas and Antonakis Theodor

Nationality Effects on the Allocation of Playing Time in the Chinese Basketball Association: Xenophilia or Xenophobia? pp. 156-174

David J. Berri, Richard C. K. Burdekin and Christian Deutscher

The Income Elasticity of Gross Sports Betting Revenues in Nevada: Short-Run and Long-Run Estimates pp. 175-199

Ege Can and Mark Nichols

Athletics and Admissions: The Impact of the Penn State Football Scandal on Student Quality pp. 200-221

Candon Johnson and Bryan McCannon

Does it pay to Play by the Rules? Respect for Rule of law, Control of Corruption, and National Success at the Summer Olympics pp. 222-245

Todd B. Potts

Volume 23, issue 1, 2022

The Impact of Psychological Traits on Performance Under Pressure—Experimental Evidence of Handball Penalties pp. 3-38

Christoph Bühren and Lisa Träger

Who Benefitted From the PyeongChang Olympic Announcement? Evidence From the South Korean Stock Market pp. 39-75

Ted Hayduk

Who Should Own the League? Transaction Costs and the Structure of NBA Ownership pp. 76-94

Tomas Nonnenmacher and David Gerard

Time to Say Goodbye: A Duration Analysis of the Determinants of Coach Dismissals and Quits in Major League Soccer pp. 95-120

Dirk Semmelroth