Tainsky, Scott; Mills, Brian M.; Winfree, Jason A. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 16 (2015) 4, pp. 353-374
We address potential racial bias by Major League Baseball umpires with respect to ball–strike calls. We offer a number of econometric specifications to test the robustness of the results, adding the role of implicit and explicit monitoring as well as pitch location. Our analysis shows...