College men’s basketball players have alleged that the NCAA’s illegal cap on athletic scholarships leads to lower scholarships than would prevail in a free market. Recently, the NCAA increased the limit on athletic scholarships. We compare the marginal revenue product (MRP) of men’s...

Traditional theory holds that hedgers use futures markets to reduce the amount of price risk they bear. In doing so, they trade price risk for basis risk, that is, unexpected movements in the difference between the spot and futures prices. Theoretical work has shown that the presence of basis...