This paper provides a study on conflicts of interest among college football coaches participating in the USA Today … percent of a coach's football budget, coaches respond with more favorable rankings of half a position, and this effect is more …

pitch type in Major League Baseball and whether to run or pass in the National Football League. We observe more than three … million pitches in baseball and 125,000 play choices for football. We find systematic deviations from minimax play in both … data sets. Pitchers appear to throw too many fastballs; football teams pass less than they should. In both sports, there is …

This paper analyzes the effects of top earnings tax rates on the international migration of football players in Europe …. We construct a panel dataset of top earnings tax rates, football player careers, and club performances in the first … number of tax and institutional changes: (a) the 1995 Bosman ruling which liberalized the European football market, (b) top …

using data on police reports of family violence on Sundays during the professional football season. Controlling for location …

natural experiment offered by the presence of thousands of international soccer (football) players in the European …

retirement. We test this prediction in a group of people—players in the National Football League (NFL)—whose income profile does …

emotional shocks associated with unexpected outcomes of football games played by a prominent college team in the state. We …'s degrees from the university with which the football team is affiliated. Different falsification tests and a number of …