Daniel Weimar (ROSES)
Title: A Bright Spot for a Small League: Social Media Performance in a Football League without a COVID-19 Lockdown About ROSES: An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by...Read More >
Virtual Seminar – Shixuan Wang
Title: On the intraday return curves of bitcoin: predictability and trading opportunities Abstract: Motivated by the potential inferences from intraday price data in the controversial Bitcoin market, we apply functional...Read More >
Victoria Prowse (External Seminar)
Title: Cognitive skills, strategic sophistication, and life outcomes Abstract: We investigate how childhood cognitive skills affect strategic sophistication and adult outcomes. In particular, we emphasize the importance of childhood theory-of-mind...Read More >
Philip Ramirez – “Popularity, Beauty and Mispricing in Tennis Betting Markets” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: Behavioral biases, such as the favorite-longshot bias, can lead to market inefficiencies manifesting as systematic mispricing in betting markets. Using bookmaker odds for tennis matches, as well as match...Read More >
Andrew Clark – “Complex Systems Modeling of Community Currencies” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: We present a complex dynamical systems subpopulation model for the construction and validation of Grassroots Economics Foundation's Community Inclusion Currency. In our paper we introduce the modern application of...Read More >
Dimitris Karlis (ROSES)
Title: Uncertainty in competitive balance: a model based approach About ROSES: An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade, Carl Singleton and Adrian Bell, part of the...Read More >
Sonia – “Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Output: Evidence from Pakistan” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: Global warming is a major ecological concern of the 21st century. The increasing trends in climate change over the past few decades have immensely affected the agricultural sector, as...Read More >
Bushan Mohan – “Modelling returns to education in a developing economy context” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: This paper provides a brief overview of the models being used to determine the returns to education in Guyana’s labour market. The models are limited to the Quarterly LFS...Read More >
Reio Tanji (ROSES)
Title: Reference Dependence and Monetary Incentives: Evidence from Major League Baseball About ROSES: An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade, Carl Singleton and Adrian Bell, part...Read More >
Matthew Yeo – “Mass Outdoor Events and the Spread of an Airborne Virus: English Football and Covid-19” — PhD Seminar
Abstract: Mass attendance events are a mainstay of economic and social activity. However, such events can potentially have public health consequences by facilitating the spreading of disease. Despite these concerns,...Read More >