We check the robustness of Feldstein’s finding that Social Security reduces private saving to two specifications not considered before in the literature: (1) constraining the coefficients on Social Security and household net worth to be equal; and (2) allowing the effect of wealth on...

type="main" xml:lang="en" <p>We develop a consumer choice model of live attendance at a sporting event with reference-dependent preferences. The predictions of the model motivate the “uncertainty of outcome hypothesis” (UOH) as well as fans' desire to see upsets and to simply see the home team...</p>

An empirical examination of the determinants of real per capita income in cities with professional sports teams from 1969 to 1997 shows that postseason appearances are not associated with any change in the level of real per capita income in these cities. However, in the city that is home to the...