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)

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Organizers:

Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Session Chairs:

Brad R. Humphreys, University of Alberta

Papers:

"It Was a Total Team Effort: Player and Team Incentives in NHL Overtime"
John Stuart Rabon, Missouri State University (Contact Author)
Jeremy Cook, Wheaton College

"The Impact of Ticket Price Dispersion on Major League Baseball Team’s Revenue"
Brian P. Soebbing, Louisiana State University
Nicholas Watanabe, University of Missouri
Chad Seifried, Louisiana State University

"International Migration and Managerial Quality in English Football"
Thomas LPR Peeters, University of Antwerp (Contact Author)
Stefan Szymanski, University of Michigan

"The Zipf's Law Puzzle in Professional Football"
Christian Deutscher, University of Bielefeld (Contact Author)
Joachim Prinz, University of Duisberg
Daniel Weimar, University of Duisburg
Pamela Wicker, German Sport University

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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

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Organizers:

Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Papers:

"Mitigating Hypothetical Bias in Stated Preference Data: Evidence from Sports Tourism"
Peter A. Groothuis, Appalachian State University
Melissa Weddell, Appalachian State University
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)

"Are Downtown Stadiums a Homerun for Urban Redevelopment?"
Eric Joseph Chisolm, Georgia State University

"Collateral Consequences of Team-Level Competitiveness Expressed through Television Ratings"
Steve Salaga, Florida Institute of Technology (Contact Author)
Brian Mills, University of Florida
Scott Tainsky, University of Illinois

"A Tale of Three Cities: Intra-Game Ratings in Winning, Losing and Neutral Markets"
Michael Mondello, University of South Florida (Contact Author)
Ho Jun Sung, University of Illinois
Scott Tainsky, University of Illinois

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Organizers:

Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Session Chairs:

Bruce K. Johnson, Centre College

Papers:

"Adolescent Steroid Use and Intercollegiate Athletic Incentives"
Brad R. Humphreys, University of Alberta (Contact Author)
Jane E. Ruseski, University of Alberta

"Modelling College Sports Conferences"
Rodney Fort, University of Michigan

"Determinants of Total Compensation for NCAA Football Coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision"
Bruce K. Johnson, Centre College (Contact Author)
John J. Perry, Centre College
Marie Petkus, Centre College

"Region-Based Athletic Performance: An Insight into Comparative Advantage Specialization"
Joseph M. Kimeu, Western Kentucky University
Brian Goff, Western Kentucky University
Dennis P. Wilson, Western Kentucky University (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Session Chairs:

Frank Stephenson, Berry College

Papers:

"The Forgotten Rule: Salary Caps and Biases in Salary Determination"
Christian Deutscher, University of Bielefeld (Contact Author)
Daniel Weimar, University of Duisburg

"The Elimination of the Bird Rule and the Distribution of Player Rents"
Frank Stephenson, Berry College (Contact Author)

"Lockouts and Minimum Salaries: Evidence from the National Hockey League"
Craig A. Depken, II, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Johnny Ducking, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

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