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GRADUATE SPORT FINANCE (Syllabus)
[For access to papers, go to the Library website, click on E-Journals, then search for the journal the paper is in.]
IJSF = International Journal of Sport Finance; JSE = Journal of Sports Economics
SCHEDULE, in class presentations (if you dislike giving presentations, watch this talk):
Week 1 (1/23) - Intro and Review
Week 2 (1/30) - Monopoly vs. Monopsony and Price Discrimination
Week 3 (2/6) - Elasticity and Stats
Kurt Rotthoff (Yellow Cards, Do They Matter?) ppt
Week 4 (2/13) - Marginal Revenue Product
Everyone should read this, we will talk about it in class (Scully, American Economic Review, 1974 64.5 - Pay and Performance in MLB)
Darryl Blain (International Journal of Sport Finance [IJSF], 4.3 - The Underpayment of Restricted Players in North American Sports Leagues) ppt
(IJSF, 3.4 - Estimating Baseball Salary Equations from 1961-2005: A Look at Changes in Major League Compensation)
(IJSF, 5.3 - Returns to Skill in Professional Golf)
(Brown, Gabriel, and Surdam, Eastern Economic Journal, 2012 38.4 - An inquiry into the Pay Structure of the New York Yankees: 1919-1941)
Week 5 (2/20) - Exam 1
Week 6 (2/27) - Valuation
Thomas Katchisin (IJSF, 2.4 - The Moneyball Anomaly and Payroll Efficiency)
(IJSF - Does One Simply Need to Score to Score)
(IJSF, 2.4 - Putting Moneyball on Ice)
(Morgan and Rotthoff - Bias in Sequential Order Judging: Primacy, Recency, Sequential Bias, and Difficulty Bias)
(IJSF, 3.1 - The Effects of Roster Turnover on Demand in the NBA)
(Journal of Political Economy, 89.5 1981 - Lazear and Rosen - Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor contracts)
(Journal of Sports Economics, 1.2 2000 - M and M - The Response of Workers to Wages in Tournaments)
Kristen Rothe (Brown - Quitters Never Win) ppt
Spring Break (3/6) - No Class!
Week 7 (3/13) - Markets and the Alchain-Allen Theorem
Michael Brennan (IJSF, 2.1 - Treatment of Travel Expenses by Golf Course Patrons) ppt
(Edmans, Garcia, and Norli - Sports Sentiment and Stock Returns)
(Coffey, McLaughlin, and Tollison - Regulators and Redskins)
(Romer JPE, 2006 - Do Firms Maximize? Evidence from Professional Football)
(IJSF, 3.3 - Price Setting in the NBA Gambling Market: Tests of the Levitt Model of Sportsbook Behavior)
Week 8 (3/20) - Economic Impact and Public Subsidies
Mary Bonatakis (C and H - The Effect of Professional Sports on Earnings and Employment) ppt
(IJSF, 3.4 - The Impact of Professional Sports Franchises on County Employment)
(IJSF - NASCAR as a Public Good)
(Matheson (working paper) - Economics of the Super Bowl)
(IJSF, 2.2 - The Importance of Import Substitution in Marathon)
(Journal of Sports Economics, 2.1 J, G and W - The Value of Public Goods Generated by a Major League Sports Team)
William Whelan (Southern Economic Journal, 76.1 F and C - Estimating Local Welfare Generated by an NFL Team Under Credible Threat of Relocation) ppt
(IJSF, 8.3 - Taxing the Opposition: Cactus League Attendance and the Efficiency of the 'Cubs Tax')
(Journal of Sports Economics, 12.6 C and D - Mega-Events: Is Baylor Football to Waco What the Super Bowl is to Houston?)
Week 9 (3/27) - Competitive Balance
Connor Lynch (IJSF, 3.2 - "If You Can't Win, Why Should I Buy a Ticket?": Hope, Fan Welfare, and Competitive Balance) ppt
(Journal of Economics and Business 2007 59 - The uncertainty of outcome and scoring effects on Nielsen ratings for Monday Night Football)
(IJSF, 5.2 - On the Edge of Your Seat)
(IJSF, 3.3 - Do Sports Fans Really Value Uncertainty of outcome? Evidence from the English Premier League)
(IJSF, 3.2 - Competitive Balance and Attendance in Major League Baseball: An Empirical Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis)
(JSE, 13.5 - The "Second" Season: The Effects of Playoff Tournaments on Competitive Valance Outcomes in the NHL and NBA)
(JSE, 13.5 - Explaining Game-to-Game Ticket Sales for Major League Baseball Games Over Time)
Week 10 (4/3) - Final Exam
Other (good) papers:
(Levitt 2002- Testing the Economic Model of Crime: The National Hockey League's Two-Referee Experiment)
(Sauer JEF, 2005 - The State of Research on Sports Betting and Suggested Future Directions)
(Kendall JSE, 2008 - Celebrity Misbehavior in the NBA)
(Sauer JEL, 1998 - The Economics of Wagering Markets)
(IJSF 4.1 Playing Like the Home Team: An Economic Investigation into Home Advantage in Football)
(A Review of Betting Markets and How They Work)
(IJSF 4.1 Betting Exchanges: The Future of Sports Betting?)
(G, T and M AER, 2002 - Racial Integration as an Innovation: Evidence from Sports Leagues)
(P and W forthcoming - Racial Discrimination Among NBA Referees)
(B and I AE, 1991 - Customer Preferences, Attendance and the Racial Structure of Professional Basketball Teams)
(IJSF 3.2 - Race, Technical Efficiency, and Retention: The Case of NBA Coaches)
(IJSF - Week to Week Attendance and Competitive Balance in the National Football League)
(Coates - Hotel Tax Collections and a Local Mega-Event)
and Peak-Load Pricing
(Economic Inquiry, 31.3 1993 - B M and M - Some Evidence on the Alchian and Allen Theorem)
(IJSF, 3.2 - Determinants of Franchise Values in North American Professional Sports Leagues)
(IJSF, 3.4 - Vend It Like Beckham: David Beckham's Effect on MLS Ticket Sales)
(Review of Industrial Organization 40.3 Peak-Load verse Discriminatory Pricing: Evidence from the Golf Industry)