A New Stadium and a Bargaining Chip for the NFL?
Edward Roski Jr. has unveiled plans to build a new stadium in the Los Angeles metro area to entice a team to move to the …
Phil Miller
Fans as Inputs, An Apparently On-Going Series
In an earlier post I mentioned that there aren’t too many treatments in the formal sports economics literature that examine fans as inputs. One notable …
Minnesota Senate Tackles Scalping
This bill won’t make it to King’s list of silly bills: student Brian Rude notified me that the Minnesota senate has passed a bill to …
The Short Porch has Gotten Shorter in the Bronx
What has caused the home run derby at the new Yankee Stadium? Is it the new ballpark? Is it changes in the weather? Is it …
Success in Year t, Greater Demand in Year t+1
Two things are well-known among sports economists. Ticket prices do not drive team performance. In other words, when a team says it must raise ticket …
Amateur Baseball Players and International "Trade"
The Japanese called it a gentlemen’s agreement. It looks more like collusion to me, and it’s good to see the competition for good amateurs from …
Becker-Posner Interview on Radio Economics
James Reese, a professor of economics at the University of South Carolina Upstate, has a new blog entitled Radio Economics that contains podcasts of interviews …
What Goes Around…
What Goes Around…In a bold move to expand its international footprint, the NFL plans to begin playing regular-season games outside of the United States starting …
The External Costs of a New Stadium
Some Bay Area folks are a bit concerned of additional traffic congestion that’s likely to come with a new stadium for the A’s in Fremont, …