Stadium finance and the auction-rate market
The last month or so has seen some dramatic changes in the auction-rate bond market. This is a market in which some recent stadium and …
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I Gotta Pick the Pats
I agree with Mitch Albom here. The Pats have just completely shut down the number one offense, they shredded the number one defense, and are …
Arena malarky in my backyard
Baltimore city and Maryland state officials announced this week the intention to build a new 18,500 seat arena on the site of the existing First …
Congratulations to Skip!
Skip Sauer, our illustrious leader and the founder of thesporteconomist.com, has been elected as president of the North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE). NAASE …
NFL Teams Too Clever By One-Half?
In their bestselling book on applications of game theory (Thinking Strategically), Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff add a personal account of game theory gone wrong. …
Public Employee Database Collection
People have increasingly made life easier for researchers by utilizing the internet. Â This morning, North Carolina State’s Craig Newmark linked to two sites that will …
Product Endorsement Issues
We are all familiar with the size of product endorsement agreements between sports stars and shoe and clothing companies, sports equipment and sports drinks manufacturers, …
Sports Illustrated Notes The Sports Economist
Do you know this man? Of course you do, this is Skip Sauer, the man most responsible for The Sports Economist – the very blog …
The Vince Young Show
Two observations about last night’s Rose Bowl. 1) Many articles around the country joined this one from SI.com in stating the obvious Young Steals the …
Still Looking for a Tenant at Kansas City’s Sprint Center
Just over one year ago, Kansas City opened the gleaming new Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City to replace the aging Kemper Arena. It was …