Why Government Spending Stimulus Often Fails to Stimulate
Niels Veldhuis and Charles Lammam, responding to political criticism on a study they wrote on Canadian government stimulus attempts, have written an useful piece on …
The Father of Sports Economics Passed Away Without Notice
In 1956, the Journal of Political Economy published Simon Rottenberg’s seminal piece in sports economics, “The Baseball Players’ Labor Market.” In researching a commemorative piece …
Everything has a Value
From the Indianapolis Star: Foot Locker, the biggest U.S. athletic-shoe retailer, signed a contract with the Los Angeles Lakers to advertise atop the mops used …
Kiffin to USC: Cover Band?
On CollegeFootball Talk/NBC Sports, Keith Arnold makes a funny observation: If the goal of hiring a Carroll disciple was the goal, then the search party …
Supreme Court Agrees on One Thing — Regulating HS Sports OK
Last Thursday the Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous decision in the case of Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association v. Brentwood Academy. The Court upheld …
Racial Discrimination in the NBA
For Martin Luther King Day, Gregory Mankiw has published an excerpt from his textbook at his blog. The excerpt details research on the extent of …
NCAA Tourney: Seeding Noise?
File this post under, “I meant to publish this a month ago but forgot.” Anyway … In March of 2005 I complained about all of …
Why Don’t Teams Lower Ticket Prices When the Team Isn’t Doing Well?
In an earlier posting, the discussion in the comments raised the econ-speak concepts of marginal revenue and marginal costs. Here is another intriguing application, using …
Quick Ride Down from Mount Olympus
In 1998, the baseball world heaped adulation on Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in their pursuit of Roger Maris’ single season home run record. Eight …
They’re Back
The NHL and the NHLPA have agreed to talk again today. I guess it ain’t over until the Zamboni sings.