Journal of Sports Economics

2000 - 2026

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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

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