Organizers:

Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Session Chairs:

Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Papers:

"Winning the Offseason: Big Push Spending and Its Effect on Team Success"
Eric Joseph Chisolm, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Do Bonus Payments Affect Performance? Evidence from the National Football League"
Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Contact Author)
Bernd Frick, University of Paderborn
R. Todd Jewell, University of North Texas

"Transfer Values and International Football Results"
Thomas LPR Peeters, University of Antwerp

"Free Agency, Player Salaries and the Invariance Principle"
Philippe Cyrenne, University of Winnipeg (Contact Author)

Discussants:

TBA

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Organizers:

Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Session Chairs:

Michael A. Leeds, Temple University

Papers:

"Gender, Preferences, and Comebacks"
Michael A. Leeds, Temple University (Contact Author)
Eva Marikova Leeds, Moravian College
Lauren Banko, Temple University

"Consumer Spending on Spectator Sports, Physical Activity, and Gambling: Evidence from Canada"
Brad R. Humphreys, University of Alberta (Contact Author)
Jane E. Ruseski, University of Alberta
Jie Yang, University of Alberta

"Consumer Spending on Sports and Entertainment"
Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Contact Author)
Atara Oliver, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Discussants:

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Organizers:

Deborah Fletcher, Miami University

Session Chairs:

Steven Slutsky, University of Florida

Papers:

"Travel Distance, 'Civic Duty', and Voter Participation"
Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Contact Author)
Tim Pawlowski, University of Tuebingen

"The Effect of Political Advertising in the Presence of Swing Voters"
Deborah Fletcher, Miami University (Contact Author)
Steven Slutsky, University of Florida

"Explaining Variation in the Competitiveness of U.S. Senate Elections, 1922-2004"
Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Stanley Winer, Carleton University
Bernard Grofman, University of California, Irvine

Discussants:

Deborah Fletcher, Miami University
Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida
Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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