A new interseasonal measure of competitive balance in a sports league is presented. It is based on a Markov model of a team’s probability of qualifying for postseason play given the performance of the team in the previous season. Transitional probabilities are estimated for Major League...

In this paper, we report the results of research to estimate direct monetary losses to agricultural producers in the Ohio River Basin from airborne residuals. Research results support the following conclusions: monetary losses to agricultural producers in the region are on the order of 10–12%...