Untying the Tied Good
The NFL’s Washington Redskins have announced they will now accept any Mastercard to pay for tickets to their games, as Eric McErlain quotes from the …
John Palmer
Information, Reputation, and the Impact of College Athletics: My story about TCU
[Note: this was originally posted at EclectEcon, but Phil urged me to cross post it here. I’ve revised it slightly.] Way back in the days …
Andre Dawson, Collusion, and the Hall of Fame
Andre Dawson was elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame yesterday. Those of us who watched him when he played with Montreal Expos really enjoyed watching …
Coase, Moneyball, and Transaction Costs
Adam Yu has written a wonderfully titled essay, “The Coase Theorem Meets Moneyball.” It won the Milton Friedman prize at the Chicago Graduate School of …
Why I Want to Attend a Football/Soccer Match While I Am in the UK
It isn’t the game so much as the ambience.
The "Effect" of Education on NBA Arrest Rates
from the sports law blog: Update to NBA Player Arrest StudyIn my study on NBA player arrest and age/education, I added an education-level comparison of …
MVP, MRP, and MPP
Judging from what I hear, see, and read, there will once again be some controversy about who should be selected as the Most Valuable Players …
What is the Marginal Revenue Product* of Barry Bonds?
Barry Bonds becomes a free agent at the end of this season. Suppose the following: There is a freely competitive bidding market for his services, …
Olympic Cost Over-runs: So What Else is New?
From the Toronto Globe and Mail: Vancouver — Increasing venue costs — often the curse of the modern Olympics — have hit the 2010 Winter …
C. Frederick Mosteller:Pioneer Sabremetrician?
From the NYTimes (reg. req’d): C. Frederick Mosteller, the founding chairman of Harvard’s statistics department and a pioneer in using statistics to analyze an array …