2nd Reading Football Economics Workshop
2022-12-13 - 2022-12-14
On December 13 and 14 2022, the Sport Cluster of the Department of Economics at the University of Reading will host the 2nd Reading Football Economics Workshop.
We invite submissions for presentation from authors of work that uses football (however liberally defined), and has some economic content or motivation (again, the definition will be liberal). Please submit abstracts here (link).
We are very pleased that Christina Philippou of the University of Portsmouth, Jorge Tovar of Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia, and Justus Haucap of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf will be our keynote speakers.
This two day event will take place on the two days of the FIFA Men’s World Cup Semi Finals, and social events will involve viewing those two events. We anticipate watching the two games in The Dairy, which serves food and good beer options at the heart of our London Road Campus.
Draft Schedule

Tuesday December 13

G01, Building L22, London Road Campus, University of Reading

10:30-11:00
Coffee

11:00-12:30
Keynote 1
Jorge Tovar
On Fairness, Justice, and VAR

12:30-13:30
Lunch

13:30-14:00
Session 1
Dennis Coates
Visiting Team Fans and Attendance

14:00-14:30

Jessica Hargreaves
Is the home advantage constant? Investigating soccer’s home advantage
using varying coefficient models

14:30-15:00

Thadeu Gasparetto
Multicultural Teams: Does National Diversity Impact Performance in
Professional Football? (Teams)

15:00-15:30

Sebastian Otten
Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market: Evidence from Fantasy League Soccer

15:30-16:00
Coffee

16:00-16:30
Session 2
Johan Rewilak
The perversity of mild failure: Evidence from the UEFA Champions League

16:30-17:00

Maxence Franceschi
What’s a football player worth? A conceptualisation on football players’ value.

18:00-c.21:30
Dinner* and World Cup Semi Final 1

The Dairy, London Road Campus

Wednesday December 14

G01, Building L22, London Road Campus, University of Reading

10:30-11:00
Coffee

11:00-12:30
Keynote 2
Christina Philippou
Finances, governance, and the search for practical solutions

12:30-13:30
Lunch

14:00-14:30
Session 3
Robert Simmons
Determinants of goalkeeper salaries (Teams)

14:30-15:00

Maxence Franceschi
Positional dominance of football intermediaries

15:00-15:30

Matthew Yeo
On the quality of sporting facilities and a range of economic and social outcomes

15:30-16:00

James Reade
Has the World Cup impacted domestic football attendances?

16:00-16:30
Coffee

16:30-18:00
Keynote 3
Justus Haucap
Title TBC

18:00-c.21:30
Dinner* and World Cup Semi Final 2

The Dairy, London Road Campus

*dinner at participants’ own expense, except for keynote speakers

Important Dates
Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/yAXAP7kLKw.
Conference Location: London Road Campus, University of Reading.
Travel: The University of Reading’s London Road Campus is a 15 minute walk from Reading railway station, which is well linked to from London’s Paddington Station (just under 30 minutes and multiple services each hour), London’s Heathrow Airport via RailAir Bus (about 45 minutes, frequent services 24-7), and also London’s Gatwick Airport via a direct train (about 90 minutes, hourly)
Accommodation: We recommend the following hotel options:

Cedars Reading (on our Whiteknights campus but limited availability).
Premier Inn Reading Central,
Hotel Ibis Styles,
Hotel Novotel Reading Centre,
Hotel Ibis Reading Centre,
Pentahotel Reading
Travelodge Reading Central.
For a more unique Reading experience, try The Great Expectations.

Apart from Cedars, all hotel options are in central Reading.
Questions: James Reade at j.j.reade@reading.ac.uk
