nep-spo New Economics Papers
on Sports and Economics
Issue of 2006‒11‒25
five papers chosen by
Joao Carlos Correia Leitao
Universidade da Beira Interior
  1. Subsidized Monopolists and Product Prices: The Case of Major League Baseball By Phillip Miller
  2. Peculiarities of the Major League Baseball Posting System By Rockerbie, Duane
  3. Beyond the classroom: using Title IX to measure the return to high school sports By Betsey Stevenson
  4. WORK INCENTIVES AND SALARY DISTRIBUTIONS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL By Brandon M. Avrutin; Paul M. Sommers
  5. MEASURING PLAYER LOYALTY AMONG BASEBALL’S HALL OF FAMERS By Paul M. Sommers
  1. By: Phillip Miller (Department of Economics, Minnesota State University)
    Abstract: In this paper, I analyze the setting of ticket prices when teams receive subsidization from the public. I model teams as entertainment providers, where entertainment is generated by selling wins and amenities. I argue that subsidization of teams generally comes from subsidizing the amenities in and surrounding the teams’ stadiums. Subsidization of the amenities lowers the marginal cost of providing them to fans and should drive ticket prices lower. The empirical analysis suggests that this is the case.
    Keywords: Sports, Baseball
    JEL: L83
    Date: 2006–11
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:spe:wpaper:0629&r=spo
  2. By: Rockerbie, Duane
    Abstract: The posting system used in major league baseball to obtain free agent players from Japan has some similarities and many differences from the transfer system used to obtain foreign free agents in European football. This paper uses auction theory to assess the efficiencies (or lack of) in the posting system and to suggest alternatives.
    Keywords: posting system; baseball; auction theory; winner's curse
    JEL: L83 J44
    Date: 2006
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:891&r=spo
  3. By: Betsey Stevenson
    Abstract: Previous research has found that male high school athletes experience better outcomes than non-athletes, including higher educational attainment, more employment, and higher wages. Students self-select into athletics, however, so these may be selection effects rather than causal effects. To address this issue, I examine Title IX which provides a unique quasiexperiment in female athletic participation. Between 1972 and 1978, U.S. high schools rapidly increased their female athletic participation rates (to approximately the same level as their male athletic participation rates) in order to comply with Title IX. This paper uses variation in the level of boys' athletic participation across states before Title IX as an instrument for the change in girls' athletic participation over the 1970s. Analyzing differences in outcomes for both the pre- and post-Title IX cohorts across states, I find that a 10 percentage point rise in state-level female sports participation generates a 1 percentage point increase in female college attendance and a 1 to 2 percentage point rise in female labor force participation. Furthermore, greater opportunities to play sports leads to greater female participation in previously male-dominated occupations, particularly for high-skill occupations.
    Date: 2006
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fip:fedfwp:2006-44&r=spo
  4. By: Brandon M. Avrutin; Paul M. Sommers
    Date: 2006–10
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:mdl:mdlpap:0610&r=spo
  5. By: Paul M. Sommers
    Date: 2006–12
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:mdl:mdlpap:0612&r=spo
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