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Why are Concessions so Cheap at the Masters?

Why are concessions so expensive at the ballpark? Some of the explanations include: The captured consumer theory. Once in the

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Fans as Inputs

After last night’s Twins/Tigers game – helluva game, no? – the announcers for TBS mentioned that the fans played a

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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

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Non-profits Often Behave Like For-Profits

This morning’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article on the Southlake (Tx) Carroll Dragons football program. Southlake, a suburb of

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