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Spatial aspects of ticket scalping
Goff, Brian L.; Tollison, Robert D. - In: Managerial and Decision Economics 32 (2011) 2, pp. 135-139
We develop a simple insurance model of the secondary market for tickets to account for some of the observed spatial patterns of prices. Beyond ticket markets the model draws attention to the existence of subtle insurance fees in market prices that may be incorrectly attributed to breakdown of...
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Innovation and the opportunity cost of monopoly
Reksulak, Michael; Shughart, William F.; Tollison, Robert D. - In: Managerial and Decision Economics 29 (2008) 8, pp. 619-627
Innovation enables monopolists to lower their costs, expand their outputs, and reduce their prices. It is conventional to conclude that social welfare unambiguously increases as a result. Assuming linear demand and marginal cost, this paper shows, however, that innovation raises the opportunity...
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Book review: Stee-rike four! What's wrong with the business of baseball? by Marburger, D.R.(ed.), Westport, CT and London: Praeger Publisher, 1997
Goff, B. - In: Managerial and Decision Economics 19 (1998) 1, pp. 65-66
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The effect of management changes on winning in professional sports : Analysis using a dynamic lag adjustment model
Goff, Brian; Wilson, Dennis; Zimmer, David - In: Managerial and Decision Economics 40 (2019) 8, pp. 982-992
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The Economics of Sports, by Leeds, M. and von Allmen, P., Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2002, xviii +446 pp., $88.00 (cloth)
Goff, Brian - In: Managerial and Decision Economics 23 (2002) 1, pp. 48-49
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Is there a managerial life cycle? Evidence from the NFL
Goff, Brian L.; Wisley, Thomas O. - In: Managerial and Decision Economics 27 (2006) 7, pp. 563-572
We use data from the NFL over 1920-2004 to examine the relationship between age and managerial performance controlling for other relevant influences. Our results indicate that age enhances performance up to a point at which increasing age predicts diminished performance-a managerial life cycle....
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Moneyball: The art of winning an unfair game, by Lewis, M. New York and London: Norton, 2003, xv + 288 pp., USD 24.95 (cloth)
Shughart, William - In: Managerial and Decision Economics 25 (2004) 8, pp. 550-552
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The Economics of Network Industries, by Shy, O. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xiii +315 pp., $64.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Shughart, William F. - In: Managerial and Decision Economics 23 (2002) 2, pp. 93-94
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Prophet of innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and creative destruction, by McCraw, T. K., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press: Cambridge and London, 2007, xi+719pp., USD 35.00 (cloth)
Shughart, William F. - In: Managerial and Decision Economics 29 (2008) 8, pp. 675-677
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