Trouble in Dallas?
No, this post is not about PacMan. Looks like the credit market problems are starting to affect stadium construction projects. According to an article in …
The Best Party Themes You Can Think Of
Who doesn’t love a party? Gathering with friends and family can be a joyous occasion. But if your looking to throw a party that you …
Brazil and tourism during the 2014 World Cup
According to a statement by Aloisio Mercadante, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff, “We lost the trophy, but Brazil won the World Cup. He said that …
“Termination Risk and Agency Problems: Evidence from the NBA”
Here’s a link to new working paper by Alma Cohen, Nadav Levy, and Roy Sasson. Here is the abstract. When agents face a risk of …
Tebow & Elway — Cousins?
After Peyton Manning’s visit with the Broncos, several articles have appeared regarding its meaning for Tim Tebow. The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay writes This …
Conference Realignments: (Some) Order out of Chaos
The poaching of past Big East schools by the ACC and Big East and similar events in other conferences has engendered accusations of greed, disloyalty, …
"Money" and "Ball" and the Cost per Win Fallacy
In his article, “Based on Payrolls, Brewers Faring Quite Well This Season,” Tom Haudricourt offers us the following: “The bottom line of victories and losses …
Economic Impact and the Substitution Effect
Here at the Sports Economist, one criticism of economic impact reports we commonly make is that these studies rarely account for the “substitution effect.” While …
Necessary Condition for Success at Football
“Coyote blog” posts: You hear a lot of debate about what wins NFL Championships – is it offense, defense, the running game, the quarterback? Well, …
Wise Crowds
Rod Fort’s challenge to anyone who could outdo college football preseason polls (Not Exactly Julian Simon …) reminded me about a Henry Manne piece appearing …