This paper addresses findings from previous asset pricing research that reveal lottery-like stocks are mispriced. This conclusion, however, relies on asset pricing models which might suffer from the joint hypothesis problem: That is, abnormal returns can reflect market inefficiencies, a bad...

This paper investigates if professional players follow the Minimax theorem in their strategies, using Major League Baseball playoff season data. Our empirical results show that baseball players do not optimize their strategies in the sense that their sequence of chosen strategies is predictable...

We find an inverted relation between a player's birthday and the likelihood of receiving the Ballon d'Or (awarded to the best football player in the world). We develop a multi-period skill formation model with selection into elite education. We show that those born late (underdogs) need to work...

This paper uses auction theory to explain the unique design of the 1998-2013 posting system agreed to between Major League Baseball and the Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball League that allowed for the transfer of baseball players from Japan to the United States. It has some similarities and...

Chapter 1: Football’s Ever Changing Economics -- Chapter 2: Reporting and Communicating the Value and Performance of Football -- Chapter 3: Organizational Forms: Ownership and Governance -- Chapter 4: Football Clubs: Who are the People? -- Chapter 5: Where Business Meets Society: What is a...