GRADUATE SPORT FINANCE
SCHEDULE, in class presentations:
NOTE: These papers are intended for the use of my SHU class only
Week 1 (1/21) - Intro and Review
Week 2 (1/28) - Monopoly vs. Monopsony
Week 3 (2/4) - Monopsony, Price Discrimination, and Elasticity
Week 4 (2/11) - Stats
Kurt Rotthoff (Yellow Cards, Do They Matter?) ppt
Week 5 (2/18) - Marginal Revenue Product
Joe DeMarzo (Scully, AER 1974 - Pay and Performance in MLB) ppt
Andrew Zych (IJSF - The Underpayment of Restricted Players in North American Sports Leagues) ppt
Week 6 (2/25) - SNOW DAY!
Week 7 (3/4) - Competitive Balance
Christopher DeSimone (IJSF - "If You Can't Win, Why Should I Buy a Ticket?": Hope, Fan Welfare, and Competitive Balance) ppt
Michael Guido (JEB - The uncertainty of outcome and scoring effects on Nielsen ratings for Monday Night Football) ppt
Week 8 (3/11) - SPRING BREAK
Week 9 (3/18) - EXAM
Week 10 (3/25) - Valuation
Bob Graziano (IJSF - Determinants of Franchise Values in North American Professional Sports Leagues)
Chris Draghi (IJSF - Vend It Like Beckham: David Beckham's Effect on MLS Ticket Sales)
Week 11 (4/1) - EASTER BREAK
Week 12 (4/8) - Alchain-Allen Theorem and Tournaments
Andrew Zych (EI, 1993 - B M and M - Some Evidence on the Alchian and Allen Theorem)
Drew Hamilton (IJSF Treatment of Travel Expenses by Golf Course Patrons)
Kurt Rotthoff (JPE, 1981 - Lazear and Rosen - Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor contracts)
Clarisse Moh (JSE, 2000 - M and M - The Response of Workers to Wages in Tournaments)
Patrick Conroy (Brown - Quitters Never Win)
Week 13 (4/15) - Economic Impact
Clarisse Moh (IJSF - The Importance of Import Substitution in Marathon)
Chris Draghi (JSE J, G and W - The Value of Public Goods Generated by a Major League Sports Team)
Drew Hamilton (SEJ R and C - Estimating Local Welfare Generated by an NFL Team Under Credible Threat of Relocation)
Week 14 (4/22) - Public Subsidies
Joe DeMarzo (IJSF - The Impact of Professional Sports Franchises on County Employment)
Patrick Conroy (IJSF - NASCAR as a Public Good)
Week 15 (4/29) - Market Reactions and Moneyball
Papers Coming Soon...
Christopher DeSimone (IJSF - The Moneyball Anomaly and Payroll Efficiency)
Bob Graziano (IJSF - Does One Simply Need to Score to Score)
Michael Guido (Romer JPE, 2006 - Do Firms Maximize? Evidence from Professional Football)
Week 16 (5/6) - Exam
Week 17 (5/13) - If needed
Other (good) papers:
(IJSF 3.1 - The Effects of Roster Turnover on Demand in the NBA)
(Levitt 2002- Testing the Economic Model of Crime: The National Hockey League's Two-Referee Experiment)
(Kendall JSE, 2008 - Celebrity Misbehavior in the NBA)
(Sauer JEF, 2005 - The State of Research on Sports Betting and Suggested Future Directions)
(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 3.3 - Price Setting in the NBA Gambling Market: Tests of the Levitt Model of Sportsbook Behavior)
(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 3.3 - Do Sports Fans Really Value Uncertainty of outcome? Evidence from the English Premier League)
(IJSF 3.4 - Estimating Baseball Salary Equations from 1961-2005: A Look at Changes in Major League Compensation)
(IJSF 3.2 - Competitive Balance and Attendance in Major League Baseball: An Empirical Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis)
(Coates - Hotel Tax Collections and a Local Mega-Event)
(C and H - The Effect of Professional Sports on Earnings and Employment)
(IJSF 2.4 - Putting Moneyball on Ice)