Unbalanced Schedules and Competitive Balance
With the NFL approaching the business-end of the season, the strength of schedule becomes of increasing importance and an interesting feature of many leagues is …
With the NFL approaching the business-end of the season, the strength of schedule becomes of increasing importance and an interesting feature of many leagues is …
George Will, iin his column in today’s WaPo: describes some of the realities of life for players in the South Atlantic League (The Sally League), …
The player’s union has just released the 2008 player salaries for Major League Soccer. The gulf between the “haves” and the “have nots” is simply …
Back when I was a graduate student, we did our econometrics assignments on punch cards and submitted the “jobs” to a computer desk. We were …
There is a game being played tonight in which the winning team will be paid $20 million and the losers paid nothing. This in itself …
We all remember the furor that erupted a couple of months ago regarding the Price and Wolfers paper that found a subtle racial bias in …
The strike zone in baseball is supposed to be the area above the plate and between the batter’s armpits and knees. Seems simple enough, but …
On the Freakonomics blog, Steve Levitt writes about Apple’s i-Phone pricing strategy — start high ($599) and come down ($399 two months later). As he …
Thanks to Brad Humphreys for his post below on exchange rates and franchise values. There has been a plethora of “hot Loonie” articles lately. And …
The University of San Diego has teamed up with San Diego State to host a regional. USD’s stadium is small, with 1,200 seats and it …
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