Risk and Return in the NFL:Owens and the Cowboys
This isn’t an old maid’s portfolio we’re dealing with here. That is how Dallas Cowboy’s owner, Jerry Jones, described their internal assessment of the expected …
John Palmer
The NFL and Tie-in Sales
The NFL’s Washington Redskins now require their customers to pay by cash, by cheque, or with a Redskins Extra Points MasterCard (from the Washington Post, …
The NHL: Totals, Averages, and Marginals
From an article in the Trono Star, A secret NHL report detailing the ticket revenues of its 30 teams reveals [that]… The six Canadian teams …
Legalized Scalping
In our Radioeconomics discussion about the World Series this morning, King Banaian, Phil Miller, and I discussed ticket scalping at the outset. In an earlier …
What is it Worth to a City to Host the MLB All-Star Game?
Major League Baseball has announced that San Fransisco will host the 2007 All-star game. It is likely to bring lots of visitors to San Fransisco, …
The Merchant of Venice and World Series Tickets
The prices for tickets to World Series games in Chicago have once again been set well below the market clearing prices. The nominal prices are …
Clemens Signs for $18m.
Co-blogger Phil Miller posted earlier that because Clemens and the Houston Astros were so far apart in their arbitration offers, it was likely they would …
More on the Economics of Curling Telecasting
An exercise in marginal/incremental studies: The 2004 -5 curling season is now over, with Canada having soundly defeated Scotland in the finals of the World …
Betting Pools and Expected Values
How a betting pool is structured will affect how people bet [i.e., to belabor the obvious, people respond to incentives]. Here is an example from …