LeBron’s Departure from Cleveland – The Role of Taxes
Like any economic decision, the decision to switch employers involves a balancing of costs and benefits. Including all monetary and non-monetary factors, if the benefits …
Phil Miller
Threat Point – The Vikes
This week in Sports Economics I talked about the effect sports teams and sports stadiums have on their local economies (not much). That doesn’t keep …
Hall of Fame Chances
Using a radial bias function network, a sort of neural net, Dr. Smith and Dr. Downey were able to identify statistical commonalities among Hall of …
RIP Marvin Miller
Arguably the most important sports union figure of all time has passed away. Marvin Miller, the man behind what the MLBPA is to this day …
Detroit Gets Icy Reception
With the NFL’s first cold-weather Super Bowl in 14 years, and only the third one in the event’s 40-year run, just three weeks away, many …
CFP NAASE Sessions at the Southern Economic Association Conference
Brad Humphreys sent along a call for papers for North America Association of Sports Economists sessions at this year’s SEA meetings in Atlanta Nov. 22-24. …
Permanent or Transitory Demand Shocks from Labor Disputes
As I mentioned in a previous post, strikes are weapons wielded by unions that are designed to impose costs on firms and lockouts are weapons …
More Death Throes for the Big XII?
Yesterday I posted that the Big XII is an unstable conference, but I thought it unlikely that it would dissolve. Perhaps I was being optimistic, …
More on Fans as Inputs
In the comments to my piece yesterday regarding fans as inputs, Rob MacDonald pointed out a study showing that home crowds can affect official decision …
Yanks Close in on New Home
From the NY Times: The New York Yankees are reportedly close to an agreement with city and state officials to build a new stadium. The …