SPORT FINANCE (Syllabus)
NOTE: These papers are intended for the use of my SHU class only
Papers:
Stats
Rotthoff, Kurt W. Bankruptcy Behavior in the NFL
Anders, Anne and Kurt W Rotthoff Yellow Cards, Do They Matter?
Public Finance
Coates, D. and Humphreys, B. R. The effect of professional sports on earnings and employment in the services and retail sectors in US cities. Regional Science and Urban Economics, (2003). 33, 175-198.
Johnson, Bruce K., Peter A. Groothuis and John C. Whitehead. The Value of Public Goods Generated by a Major League Sports Team: The CVM Approach. Journal of Sports Economics 2:1 (2001), p. 6-21.
Jasina, John and Rotthoff, Kurt W. The Impact of Professional Sports Franchises on County Employment and Wages International Journal of Sport Finance Vol. 3, Issue 4
Valuation
(Team Value)
Murphy, Kevin M. and Topel, Robert H. The Economics of NFL Team Ownership
Miller, Phillip A. Facility Age and Ownership in Major American Team Sports Leagues: The Effect on Team Franchise Values International Journal of Sport Finance Aug 2009, Vol. 4, Is. 3
(Player Value)
Massey, Cade and Richard H. Thaler Overconfidence vs. Market Efficiency in the National Football League Working Paper
Gerald Scully. Pay and Performance in MLB American Economic Review, Dec. 1974, Vol. 64, No. 6, 915-930
Krautmann, Anthony, Peter von Allmen, and David Berri The Underpayment of Restricted Players in North American Sports Leagues International Journal of Sport Finance Aug 2009, Vol. 4, Is. 3
Competitive Balance
Paul, Rodney J. and Andrew P. Weinbach The uncertainty of outcome and scoring effects on Nielsen ratings for Monday Night Football Journal of Economics and Business, Volume 59, Issue 3, May-June 2007, Pages 199-211
Staudohar, Paul The Baseball Strike of 1994-95 Monthly Labor Review, March 1997, 21-27
Fort, Rodney, and Quirk, James. Optimal Competitive Balance in a Season Ticket League Economic Inquiry
Szymanski, Stefan Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues and the Paradox of Power Working Paper
Daly, Anne and Kawaguchi, Akira Competitive Balance in Australian and Japanese Sport The Otemon Journal of Australian Studies, Vol. 30, 23-36, 2006
Options
Sainam, Balasubramanian, and Bayus Consumer Options: Theory and an Empirical Application to a Sports Market
Tournaments
Lazear, Edward P. and Sherwin Rosen Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor contracts Journal of Political Economy, 89(5):841-864.
Maloney, Michael T. and Robert E. McCormick The Response of workers to Wages in Tournaments Journal of Sports Economics 2000, Vol. 1, No. 2, 99-123.
Brown, Jennifer Quitters Never Win: The (Adverse) Incentive Effects of Competing with Superstars Working Paper
Other Papers
Goff, Tollison, and McCormick. Racial Integration as an Innovation: Evidence from Sports Leagues American Economic Review, March 2002, 21-27.
Pope, Devin and Pope, Jaren. The Impact of College Sports Success on the Quantity and Quality of Student Applications Southern Economic Journal (forthcoming)
Levitt, Steven. Testing the Economic Model of Crime: The National Hockey League's Two-Referee Experiment Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, 2002
Hakes, Jahn and Sauer, Raymond An Economic Evaluation of the Moneyball Hypothesis Working Paper
Kendall, Todd Celebrity Misbehavior in the NBA Journal of Sports Economics, Forthcoming
Kendall, Todd Spillovers, Complementarities, and Sorting in Labor Markets with an Application to Professional Sports, Southern Economic Journal, 70(2), October 2003, pp. 389-402.
Goff, Brian and Tollison, Robert. Introduction to Sportometrics Chapter 1 in Sportometrics
Romer, David. Do Firms Maximize? Evidence from Professional Football. Journal of Political Economy. April 2006
Jasina, John and Rotthoff, Kurt W. A Model of Promotion and Relegation in League Sports
Articles:
Sports and the Economic Crisis
Sonics: City won't miss us - Response
Blind-Siding College Football Stars
N.F.L. vs. M.L.B. as a Labor Market
Do Sports Franchises Make Money?
Forbes, Business of Baseball Football
Exchange Rate Effects on Sports
Why you should study before you claim you know something: Article, Response
Other Sources:
The 2007 MLB Team Payroll Report Card
The 2006 MLB Team Payroll Report Card
The 2005 MLB Team Payroll Report Card
USA Today salary database (all big 4 sports)
Sean Lahman's Baseball Archive
NCAA Financial Reports. Database
The Tragedy of the Commons, Bunny style
Stadium's going down 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Stadium's going up 1