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The NCAA athletics arms race: theory and evidence
Hoffer, Adam; Humphreys, Brad R.; Lacombe, Donald J.; … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010410829
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Trends in NCAA athletic spending : arms race or rising tide?
Hoffer, Adam; Humphreys, Brad R.; Lacombe, Donald J.; … - In: Journal of sports economics 16 (2015) 6, pp. 576-596
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336532
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Spillovers from the Gridiron: Evidence from Women’s Collegiate Basketball
Depken, Craig A. Depken, II; Williams, Courtney - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2009
This paper empirically investigates whether schools with an intercollegiate football team experience greater attendance at women’s basketball games. The empirical question is important because if football increases attendance and hence revenue to other sports then these benefits should be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731658
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Agency Behavior in a Nonprofit Setting: Effects of the 1984 Supreme Court NCAA Decision
Carroll, Kathleen A.; Humphreys, Brad R. - Economics Department, University of Maryland-Baltimore … - 2003
The NCAA is commonly viewed as a cartel. We model the cartel relationship between the member teams and the NCAA central … organization as a principal-agent relationship. Our model predicts imperfect agency behavior on the part of the NCAA with … impact of the 1984 Supreme Court decision that reassigned the telecast rights for intercollegiate football from the NCAA to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005760668
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Anomalies in Tournament Design: The Madness of March Madness
Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor; Howe, Cara - Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the … - 2009
anomalies that could affect incentives. Our analysis of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament uncovers such an anomaly. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560001
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Anomalies in Tournament Design: The Madness of March Madness
Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor; Howe, Cara - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2009
anomalies that could affect incentives. Our analysis of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament uncovers such an anomaly. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008631533
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Is Self-Sufficiency for Womens Collegiate Athletics a Hoop Dream?: Willingness to Pay for Mens and Womens Basketball Tickets
Rosas, Juan; Orazem, Peter - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2011
Universities spend almost $2 billion subsidizing their collegiate sports programs.  Even the most popular women’s sport, basketball, fails to break even. An application of Becker’s theory of customer discrimination is used to calculate the relative preference for men’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024141
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Die Finanzierung von Sportarenen –Optionen für große und mittelgroße Projekte
Rebeggiani, Luca; Witte, Sebastian - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2007
Die FIFA Fußball-WM 2006 hat in Deutschland einen Boom bei Stadioninvestitionenausgelöst. Eine zweite Welle ist derzeit bei mittelgroßen Projekten zu beobachten, mit denenkleinere Bundesligisten und Zweitligisten den Anschluss an die Top-Klubs zu halten versuchen.[...]
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Organizational Forms in Professional Cycling –Efficiency Issues of the UCI Pro Tour
Rebeggiani, Luca; Tondani, Davide - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2006
This paper gives a first economic approach to pro cycling and analyses the changes induced bythe newly introduced UCI Pro Tour on the racing teams’ behaviour. We develop an oligopolistic model startingfrom the well known Cournot framework to analyse if the actual setting of the UCI Pro Tour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867490
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Are Three Points for a Win really better than two? Theoretical and Empirical Evidence for German Soccer
Dilger, Alexander; Geyer, Hannah - Institut für Ökonomische Bildung <Münster, Westfalen> - 2008
The effect of the three-point rule in first league German soccer are tested empirically and compared to games freom the German cup-competition. The inclusion of cup games ensures that changes in league games can be attributed to the three-point rule.[...]
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