Journal of Sports Economics

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Volume 22, issue 8, 2021

A Comparative Analysis of Competitive Balance Between a Closed and an Open League in Rugby League pp. 871-892

Daniel Read, Aaron C.T. Smith and James Skinner

Are You Ready for Some Football? Estimating the Effect of American Football Season on Labor Supply in the United States pp. 893-920

Luke Petach and Dustin Rumbaugh

Financial Returns in Major League Soccer pp. 921-945

John Bradbury

The Lasting Impact of NCAA Sanctions: SMU and the Death Penalty pp. 946-981

Kerianne Lawson

Does Crowd Support Drive the Home Advantage in Professional Football? Evidence from German Ghost Games during the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 982-1008

Kai Fischer and Justus Haucap

Volume 22, issue 7, 2021

Remembering Stefan Kesenne (1950–2021) pp. 739-743

Thomas Peeters

Impact and Efficiency Ranking of Football Managers in the Italian Serie A: Sport and Financial Performance pp. 744-776

Luigi Buzzacchi, Federico Caviggioli, Francesco Luigi Milone and Davide Scotti

When Falling Just Short is a Good Thing: The Effect of Past Performance on Improvement pp. 777-798

Mariya Burdina and Scott Hiller

The Amenity Value of Sports Facilities: Evidence From the Staples Center in Los Angeles pp. 799-822

Zachary T. Keeler, Heather M. Stephens and Brad Humphreys

Competitive Balance and the Away Goals Rule During Extra Time pp. 823-863

Peter-J. Jost

Volume 22, issue 6, 2021

Are Foreigners at Disadvantage in a Global Labor Market? pp. 615-638

David Pastoriza, Jean-François Plante and Nadjib Lakhlef

Hot Shots: An Analysis of the “Hot Hand†in NBA Field Goal and Free Throw Shooting pp. 639-677

Robert Lantis and Erik Nesson

Is There a Differential Market Size Effect in U.S. Free Agent Signings? Evidence From Localized Sentiment Trading pp. 678-721

Aigbe Akhigbe, Melinda Newman and Ann Marie Whyte

Will We Lose If We Lose You? Players’ Absence, Teams’ Performance and the Overlapping of Competitions pp. 722-734

Levi Pérez

Volume 22, issue 5, 2021

A Comparison of NCAA FBS Head Coaches Salary Determination From New and Modified Contracts pp. 491-513

Stacey L. Brook

The Effect of League Design on Spectator Attendance: A Regression Discontinuity Design Approach pp. 514-545

Barry Reilly and Robert Witt

The (non) determinants of Olympic success pp. 546-570

Johan Rewilak

Peer Effects on Individual Performance in a Team Sport pp. 571-586

Mariia Molodchik, Sofiia Paklina and Petr Parshakov

Asymmetric Opportunities After an Unsuccessful Sports Career pp. 587-612

Martin Grossmann

Volume 22, issue 4, 2021

Race and National Football League Player Salaries After Controlling for Fantasy Statistics and Arrests pp. 359-386

Christopher Jepsen, Lisa Jepsen, Trevor Draisey and Josh Mahoney

Did the 2011 Change to NFL Rookie Compensation Alter How Sunk Costs Affect Utilization? pp. 387-411

Quinn Andrew Wesley Keefer

Development of a Win Production Function and Evaluation of Cross-Sectional Dependence pp. 412-431

Jin Lee and Young Hoon Lee

Does Sports Make People Happier, or Do Happy People More Sports? pp. 432-458

Bruno Frey and Anthony Gullo

Applying Google Trends’ Search Popularity Indicator to Professional Cycling pp. 459-485

Alexander Genoe, Ronald Rousseau and Sandra Rousseau

Volume 22, issue 3, 2021

How do Bookmakers Interpret Running Performance of Teams in Previous Games? Evidence From the Football Bundesliga pp. 231-250

Brian Soebbing, Pamela Wicker, Daniel Weimar and Johannes Orlowski

The Predictive Power of College Football Spreads: Regular Season Versus Bowl Games pp. 251-273

Justin Cox, Adam L. Schwartz, Bonnie F. Van Ness and Robert A. Van Ness

Economic Development Effects of Major and Minor League Teams and Stadiums pp. 274-294

Nola Agha and Daniel Rascher

In the Money: Gender and Jockey Success on the Thoroughbred Racetrack pp. 295-328

Alexander D. Binder, Paul Grimes and Russell G. Winterbotham

Three is a Magic Number: Evidence on the Effects of the Application of the Three-Point Rule in Italy’s Serie A pp. 329-356

Vincenzo Alfano, Lorenzo Cicatiello, Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta, Michele Gallo and Francesca Rotondo

Volume 22, issue 2, 2021

Effect of Star Power on NBA All-Star Game TV Audience pp. 139-163

Scott D. Grimshaw and Jeffrey S. Larson

Is the NBA Summer League Predictive of Performance for NBA Rookies? pp. 164-182

Brent A. Evans, Joshua Pitts and Chris Clark

How Does the Super Bowl Affect Host City Tourism? pp. 183-201

Lauren Heller and E. Frank Stephenson

Loss Aversion in Professional Golf pp. 202-217

Ryan Elmore and Andrew Urbaczewski

Does Sport Affect Health and Well-Being or Is It the Other Way Around? A Note on Reverse-Causality in Empirical Applications pp. 218-226

Jing Guan and Juan de Dios Tena

Volume 22, issue 1, 2021

Home Advantage in Skeleton: Familiarity versus Crowd Support pp. 3-26

Seungwhan Chun and Sang Soo Park

“The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes, everything else is pure theory†pp. 27-74

Peter-J. Jost

The AFL Pick Trading Market as a Coasian Utopia pp. 75-84

Jemuel Chandrakumaran

Team Visibility and City Travel: Evidence From the UEFA Champions' League Random Draw pp. 85-114

Bruno Caprettini

The Effect of Seeding on Tournament Outcomes: Evidence From a Regression-Discontinuity Design pp. 115-136

Oliver Engist, Erik Merkus and Felix Schafmeister

Volume 21, issue 8, 2020

The “Cinderella Effectâ€: The Value of Unexpected March Madness Runs as Advertising for the Schools pp. 783-807

Trevor Collier, Nancy Haskell, Kurt W. Rotthoff and Alaina Baker

League Ranking Mobility Affects Attendance: Evidence From European Soccer Leagues pp. 808-828

András Gyimesi

The Impact of National Anthem Protests on National Football League Television Ratings pp. 829-847

Judah Brown and Brandon Sheridan

Optimal Tournament Design: Lessons From the Men’s Handball Champions League pp. 848-868

László Csató

Obituary of John Vrooman pp. 869-870

Robert Driskill

Volume 21, issue 7, 2020

Fans and Match Results: Evidence From a Natural Experiment in Brazil pp. 663-687

Carlos Alberto Belchior

The Demand for the Characteristics of Football Matches: A Hedonic Price Approach pp. 688-704

Jaume García, Plácido Rodríguez and Federico Todeschini

Do You Get What You Pay for? Salary and Ex Ante Player Value in Major League Baseball pp. 705-722

John Solow and Anthony C. Krautmann

The Private Benefit of Public Funding: The FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship, and Attendance at Host Country League Soccer pp. 723-745

Stefan Szymanski and Bastien Drut

Who Should Sign a Professional Baseball Contract? Quantifying the Financial Opportunity Costs of Major League Draftees pp. 746-780

N. David Pifer, Christopher M. McLeod, William J. Travis and Colten R. Castleberry

Volume 21, issue 6, 2020

Revenue per Quality of College Football Recruit pp. 571-592

Stephen A. Bergman and Trevon Logan

Staking in Sports Betting Under Unknown Probabilities: Practical Guide for Profitable Bettors pp. 593-609

Andrés Barge-Gil and Alfredo Garcia-Hiernaux

Boys in the Booth: The Impact of Announcer Gender on Audience Demand pp. 610-627

Ryan Rogers

Employer-Assigned Workload and Human Capital Deterioration: Evidence From the National Football League pp. 628-659

Steven Salaga, Brian Mills and Scott Tainsky

Volume 21, issue 5, 2020

Does Proximity to a New Sports Facility Affect Existing Businesses’ Survival Time? pp. 451-476

Geoffrey Propheter

Rivalries, Bowl Eligibility, and Scheduling Effects in College Football pp. 477-492

Jason Winfree

Defensive Coordinator and Head Coach Effects on Team Defensive Performance in the National Football League pp. 493-524

Joshua Pitts and Brent A. Evans

When to Walk Away and When to Risk It All pp. 525-547

Scott DeAngelis and W Viscusi

The Advantage of Scoring Just Before the Half-Time Break—Pure Myth? Quasi-Experimental Evidence From European Football pp. 548-565

Philippe Meier, Raphael Flepp, Maximilian Ruedisser and Egon Franck

Volume 21, issue 4, 2020

Firm-Level Economic Activity Before, During, and After Local Events: A Case Study pp. 327-334

Craig Depken and Benjamin L. Fore

Dealing With Randomness in Match Outcomes: How to Rethink Performance Evaluation in European Club Football Using Expected Goals pp. 335-362

Marc Brechot and Raphael Flepp

NCAA Expenditure and Efficiency: Analyzing Generated and Allocated Revenue in the Football Bowl Subdivision pp. 363-390

R. Todd Jewell

Impacts of Performance-Enhancing Drug Suspensions on the Demand for Major League Baseball pp. 391-419

Jeffrey Cisyk

Measuring Customer Discrimination: Evidence From the Professional Cricket League in India pp. 420-448

Pramod Sur and Masaru Sasaki

Volume 21, issue 3, 2020

Mind the Absent Gap: Gender-Specific Competitive Behavior in Nonprofessional Sports pp. 215-233

Anna Katharina Pikos and Alexander Straub

A Benford Analysis of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Finance Data pp. 234-255

Willis A. Jones

The Impact of Hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Differences in TV Viewership Between Seasoned Football Fans and Occasional Watchers of Football Games in Russia pp. 256-280

Daam Van Reeth and Nikita Osokin

The Undesirable Consequences of Doping Regulations: Why Stricter Efforts Might Strengthen Doping Incentives pp. 281-303

Kasim Music

Are Fair Weather Fans Affected by Weather? Rainfall, Habit Formation, and Live Game Attendance pp. 304-322

Qi Ge, Brad Humphreys and Kun Zhou

Volume 21, issue 2, 2020

Equal Revenue Sharing and the Optimal Distribution of Talent in the N-Team Leagues pp. 103-114

Masaki Fujimoto

The Impact of Variable Pricing, Dynamic Pricing, and Sponsored Secondary Markets in Major League Baseball pp. 115-138

Pascal Courty and Luke Davey

How Did the AFL National Draft Mitigate Perverse Incentives? pp. 139-151

Jemuel Chandrakumaran

The Effect of Superstars on Game Attendance: Evidence From the NBA pp. 152-175

Brad Humphreys and Candon Johnson

Moving the Needle in MMA: On the Marginal Revenue Product of UFC Fighters pp. 176-209

Paul Gift

Volume 21, issue 1, 2020

Productivity, Rents, and the Salaries of Group of Five Football Coaches pp. 3-19

Michael Leeds and Ngoc Tram Nguyen Pham

Competitive Intensity, Fans’ Expectations, and Match-Day Tickets Sold in the Italian Football Serie A, 2012-2015 pp. 20-43

Alexander John Bond and Francesco Addesa

Do Tournaments With Superstars Encourage or Discourage Competition? pp. 44-63

Michael Babington, Sebastian Goerg and Carl Kitchens

The Third Place Game pp. 64-86

Netanel Nissim and Aner Sela

Universities Behaving Badly: The Impact of Athletic Malfeasance on Student Quality and Enrollment pp. 87-100

Austin F. Eggers, Peter Groothuis, Parker Redding, Kurt W. Rotthoff and Michael Solimini