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Geographic Determinants of Infant Health : The Impact of Sports Facility Construction Projects
Humphreys, Brad R.; Ruseski, Jane E. - 2019
1995-2002, we find that sports facility construction projects generate local negative externalities. Infants born during …
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The Economic Impact of Postseason Play in Professional Sports
Coates, Dennis; Humphreys, Brad R. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 3, pp. 291-299
An empirical examination of the determinants of real per capita income in cities with professional sports teams from … professional sports franchises or facilities. …
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A test of monopoly price dispersion under demand uncertainty
Humphreys, Brad R.; Soebbing, Brian P. - In: Economics Letters 114 (2012) 3, pp. 304-307
A test of the predictions of Dana’s (2001) model of monopoly price dispersion under demand uncertainty using ticket price data from Major League Baseball shows that ticket price dispersion changes systematically with demand uncertainty, verifying the predictions of the model.
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Adolescent Steroid Use and Intercollegiate Athletic Incentives
Humphreys, Brad R.; Ruseski, Jane - Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics - 2014
We examine the relationship between college athletic scholarships and adolescent use of performance enhancing drugs. Annually, 4.5 million male high school athletes compete for about 132,000 athletic scholarships o_ered by NCAA Division I and II universities. Estimates from a probit model of...
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Do Economists Reach a Conclusion on Subsidies for Sports Franchises, Stadiums, and Mega-Events?
Coates, Dennis; Humphreys, Brad R. - In: Econ Journal Watch 5 (2008) 3, pp. 294-315
This paper reviews the empirical literature assessing the effects of subsidies for professional sports franchises and … sports subsidies cannot be justified on the grounds of local economic development, income growth or job creation, those … oppose sports subsidies. In addition to reviewing the empirical literature, we describe the economic intuition that probably …
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Do Economists Reach a Conclusion on Subsidies for Sports Franchises, Stadiums, and Mega-Events?
Coates, Dennis; Humphreys, Brad R. - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2008
This paper reviews the empirical literature assessing the effects of subsidies for professional sports franchises and … sports subsidies cannot be justified on the grounds of local economic development, income growth or job creation, those … oppose sports subsidies. In addition to reviewing the empirical literature, we describe the economic intuition that probably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005687878
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An Overview of Sports Betting Regulation in the United States
Humphreys, Brad R. - 2017
The United States employs an ad hoc, unconventional method of regulating sports betting, banning it almost everywhere … while granting a monopoly to firms in a single state, Nevada. This approach encourages illegal sports betting markets …. I review the current state of sports betting regulation in the U.S. and assess its economic viability in advance of the …
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Professional sports facilities, franchises and urban economic development
Coates, Dennis (contributor); Humphreys, Brad R. (contributor) - In: Public finance and management : PFM 3 (2003) 3, pp. 335-357
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Geographic determinants of infant health : the impact of sports facility construction projects
Humphreys, Brad R.; Ruseski, Jane E. - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431747
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Point spread shading and behavioral biases in NBA betting markets
Humphreys, Brad R. - In: Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport 6 (2010) 1, pp. 13-26
Introduction – 1. A Simple model of sports book operation - 2. Data description - 3. Evidence of shading in NBA point …
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