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The Effect of Gambling on Health: Evidence from Canada

Humphreys, Brad; Nyman, John; Ruseski, Jane E. - Department of Economics, University of Alberta - 2011

The relationship between gambling and health has important economic and public policy implications. We develop causal evidence about the relationship between recreational gambling and health using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) cycles 2.1, 3.1 and 4.1. Recreational...

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Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues: An Introduction

Zimbalist, Andrew S. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 2, pp. 111-121

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Interleague Play and Baseball Attendance

Butler, Michael R. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 4, pp. 320-334

The effects of interleague play on baseball attendance are estimated via a model of daily attendance from the 1999 season. The results suggest that interleague play results in about a 7% increase in attendance over a comparable intraleague game, yielding an increase in revenue from ticket sales...

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Production and Efficiency in Association Football

Carmichael, Fiona; Thomas, Dennis; Ward, Robert - In: Journal of Sports Economics 2 (2001) 3, pp. 228-243

of other, more interactive sports. This study attempts to partly fill the gap by using a new data source containing …

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Testing the Causality between Team Performance and Payroll: The Cases of Major League Baseball and English Soccer

Hall, Stephen; Szymanski, Stefan; Zimbalist, Andrew S. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 2, pp. 149-168

The link between team payroll and competitive balance plays a central role in the theory of team sports but is seldom …

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The Economic Impact of Postseason Play in Professional Sports

Coates, Dennis; Humphreys, Brad R. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 3, pp. 291-299

An empirical examination of the determinants of real per capita income in cities with professional sports teams from … professional sports franchises or facilities. …

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Economic Return on Schooling for Soccer Players

Barros, Carlos Pestana - In: Journal of Sports Economics 2 (2001) 4, pp. 369-378

that the sports market barely compensates the cost of education in accordance with the theory on the economic return on …

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A Note on Consistent Players' Valuation

Esteller-Moré, Alejandro; Eres-García, Montserrat - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 4, pp. 354-360

inconsistent. However, sports statistics do not reflect consistency. To take into account this characteristic seriously, the …

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Superstar Effects in Sport: Evidence From Italian Soccer

Lucifora, Claudio; Simmons, Rob - In: Journal of Sports Economics 4 (2003) 1, pp. 35-55

This article investigates wage determination among professional soccer players appearing in the Italian league. Given the popularity of "top" soccer players, the relationship between individual productivity and pay can lead to "superstar" effects. In that context, the marginal revenue product of...

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The Many Dimensions of Competitive Balance

Sanderson, Allen R. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 2, pp. 204-228

aspects in sports that do not involve allocations of economic resources directly but nevertheless affect outcomes and balance …

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