Journal of Sports Economics

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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

Volume 20, issue 8, 2019

ESport Superstars pp. 987-1013

Michael R. Ward and Alexander D. Harmon

The Role of Referees in Professional Sports Contests pp. 1014-1050

Cedric Duvinage and Peter-J. Jost

Performance and Actual Pay in Norwegian Soccer pp. 1051-1065

Christer Thrane

Quantile Insights on Market Structure and Worker Salaries: The Case of Major League Baseball pp. 1066-1087

Rodney Fort, Young Hoon Lee and Taeyeon Oh

Collective Bargaining in a Basic North American Sports League Model With Broadcasting Revenue pp. 1088-1118

Paul Madden

Volume 20, issue 7, 2019

Major League Baseball and Crime: Opportunity, Spatial Patterns, and Team Rivalry at St. Louis Cardinal Games pp. 875-902

Dennis Mares and Emily Blackburn

Running With a Mask? The Effect of Air Pollution on Marathon Runners’ Performance pp. 903-928

Mengmeng Guo and Shihe Fu

Athleticism in NCAA D-III: It Ain’t Only Football That Matters pp. 929-958

Jerome Segura and Jonathan Willner

Quantifying NFL Players’ Value With the Help of Vegas Point Spreads Values pp. 959-974

Adam Hoffer and Jared A. Pincin

UEFA Champions League Entry Has Not Satisfied Strategyproofness in Three Seasons pp. 975-981

László Csató

Volume 20, issue 6, 2019

The Competitive Effects of Performance-Enhancing Drugs: MLB in the Posttesting Era pp. 747-781

Scott Brave and Kevin A. Roberts

The Peculiar Preferences of Sports Fans: Toward a Preference-Based Motivation for the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis pp. 782-796

Brad Humphreys and Thomas J. Miceli

U.S. Demand for European Soccer Telecasts: A Between-Country Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis pp. 797-818

Georgios Nalbantis and Tim Pawlowski

Uncovering Value Drivers of High Performance Soccer Players pp. 819-849

Maribel Serna Rodríguez, Andrés Ramírez Hassan and Alex Coad

Monitoring and Employee Shirking: Evidence From MLB Umpires pp. 850-872

John Bradbury

Volume 20, issue 5, 2019

Referenda on Hosting the Olympics: What Drives Voter Turnout? pp. 627-653

Tobias Streicher, Sascha Schmidt and Dominik Schreyer

Does the NCAA’s Collegiate Model Promote Competitive Balance? Power-5 Conference Football Versus the NFL pp. 654-670

Edwin Eckard

Revisiting Romer: Digging Deeper Into Influences on NFL Managerial Decisions pp. 671-689

Brian Goff and Stephen L. Locke

Estimated Costs of Contact in College and High School Male Sports pp. 690-717

Ray C. Fair and Christopher Champa

On the Influence of Foreign Players on the Success of Football Clubs pp. 718-741

Vicente Royuela and Roberto Gásquez

Volume 20, issue 4, 2019

A Bias-Corrected Estimator of Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues pp. 479-508

Young Hoon Lee, Yongdai Kim and Sara Kim

Rank and Performance in Dynamic Tournaments: Evidence From the PGA Tour pp. 509-534

Daniel Hickman, Craig Kerr and Neil Metz

Guilt Aversion and Reciprocity in the Performance-Enhancing Drug Game pp. 535-555

Edward Cartwright

The Demand for English Premier League Soccer Betting pp. 556-579

Christian Deutscher, Marius Ötting, Sandra Schneemann and Hendrik Scholten

Football Spectator No-Show Behavior pp. 580-602

Dominik Schreyer, Sascha Schmidt and Benno Torgler

Has Competition in the Market for Subscription Sports Broadcasting Benefited Consumers? The Case of the English Premier League pp. 603-624

Robert Butler and Patrick Massey

Volume 20, issue 3, 2019

Substitution in Sports: The Case of Lower Division Football Attendance pp. 319-343

Tim Wallrafen, Tim Pawlowski and Christian Deutscher

Entertainment as Crime Prevention: Evidence From Chicago Sports Games pp. 344-370

Ryan Copus and Hannah Laqueur

History-Dependent Mixed Strategies: Evidence From Major League Baseball pp. 371-398

Michael William Gmeiner

Estimating the Determinants of NCAA Athletic Department Intellectual Property (Trademark) Rights pp. 399-410

Stacey L. Brook

The Impact of Contest Dynamics on Ex Post Doping Audits pp. 411-427

Andreas Goetsch and Christian Salzmann

Is Moneyball Relevant on the Racetrack? A New Approach to Evaluating Future Racehorses pp. 428-447

Emily J. Plant and C. Jill Stowe

Optimal Team Contests to Induce More Efforts pp. 448-476

Dongryul Lee and Joon Song

Volume 20, issue 2, 2019

Ex Ante and Ex Post Willingness to Pay for Hosting a Large International Sport Event pp. 159-176

Willem I. J. de Boer, Ruud Koning and Jochen Mierau

Happiness as a Reward for Torture: Is Participation in a Long-Distance Triathlon a Rational Choice? pp. 177-197

Joel Maxcy, Pamela Wicker and Joachim Prinz

Earning Like a Woman: Salaries versus Marginal Revenue Products in the AAGBPL and MLB: 1947-1952 pp. 198-217

Lisa A. Giddings and Michael Haupert

Performance Efficiency in NCAA Basketball pp. 218-241

J. Brandon Bolen, Jon Rezek and Joshua Pitts

Local Development Effect of Sports Facilities and Sports Teams: Case Studies Using Synthetic Control Method pp. 242-260

Muhammad Q. Islam

Hidden Power of Trading Activity: The FLB in Tennis Betting Exchanges pp. 261-285

Isabel Abinzano, Luis Muga and Rafael Santamaria

Does Distance Matter? Geographical Distance and Domestic Support for Mega Sports Events pp. 286-313

Daniel Weimar and Claudio M. Rocha

Volume 20, issue 1, 2019

Of Bricks and Bats: New Stadiums, Talent Supply, and Team Performance in Major League Baseball pp. 3-24

Duane Rockerbie and Stephen Easton

The Determinants of the TV Demand for Soccer: Empirical Evidence on Italian Serie A for the Period 2008-2015 pp. 25-49

Raul Caruso, Francesco Addesa and Marco Di Domizio

The Effects of Physical Activity on Social Interactions: The Case of Trust and Trustworthiness pp. 50-71

Giovanni Di Bartolomeo and Stefano Papa

The Consequences (and Nonconsequences) of Ownership Change: The Case of Major League Baseball pp. 72-90

Philip L. Hersch and Jodi E. Pelkowski

Estimating the Effect of Sports Facilities on Local Area Commercial Rents: Evidence From Brooklyn’s Barclays Center pp. 91-114

Geoffrey Propheter

Do Sports Crowd Out Books? The Impact of Intercollegiate Athletic Participation on Grades pp. 115-153

Michael Insler and Jimmy Karam