Uncertainty is what makes sports entertaining. If you always knew who was going to win a match, that would be boring. In the 1960s, an economist called Walter Neale said…Read More >
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Critical Performativity in an Alternative Football Club: The case of FC United of Manchester (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
Critical Performativity in an Alternative Football Club: The case of FC United of Manchester Daniel Torchia, Università degli Studi di Torino Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES): An online series of…Read More >
The College Admissions Contribution to the Labour Market Beauty Premium (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
‘The College Admissions Contribution to the Labour Market Beauty Premium’ David Ong, Jinan University-University of Birmingham Joint Institute, Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES): An online series of sport economics seminars,…Read More >
The Designated Player Policy Rule and Attendance Demand in US Soccer (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
“The designated player policy rule and attendance demand in US Soccer” Johan Rewilak, Aston University Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES): An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James…Read More >
Do Sporting Events Amplify Influenza Transmission? Causal Evidence from US Professional Team Sports (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
“Do Sporting Events Amplify Influenza Transmission? Causal Evidence from US Professional Team Sports” Brad Humphries, West Virginia University Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES): An online series of sport economics…Read More >
The Consequences of Relegation and Promotion in European Soccer Leagues: A Regression Discontinuity Approach (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
The Consequences of Relegation and Promotion in European Soccer Leagues: A Regression Discontinuity Approach Jamin Speer, University of Memphis Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES): An online series of sport economics…Read More >
Emotions and Performance: A Quasi Natural Experiment from the FIFA World Cup (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
“Emotions and Performance: A Quasi Natural Experiment from the FIFA World Cup” Jorge A. Tovar, University de los Andes / University of Wisconsin, Madison Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES): An…Read More >
Forget the Premier League, it’s grassroots football that we need to preserve!
The lifeblood of any sport is at its grassroots – the football that is played on local playing fields between teams of all ages, and even sometimes with jumpers for…Read More >
How will football return after this unplanned hiatus?
As many of us fill the void in live sport by watching repeats of the FA Cup Quarter Finals, or dipping into documentaries on Maradona and Sunderland FC on streaming…Read More >
1st Reading Football Economics Workshop 2019
The 1st Reading Football Economics Workshop will take place on 19-21 September 2019 in Reading, and is hosted by the Centre for Institutions and Economic History at the University of…Read More >
