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A Sobering Conflict : A Call for Consistency in the Messages Colleges Send About Alcohol

Edelman, Marc; Rosenthal, David L - 2010

This article sets forth the argument that college administrators must adopt a more uniform policy about alcohol use. Part I of this article describes college student alcohol use and the efforts made by college administrators to discourage students from binge and underage drinking. Part II...

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Competitive balance and assortative matching in the German Bundesliga

Sittl, Roman; Warnke, Arne Jonas - 2016

In this paper we consider trends in the distribution of player talent across association football clubs over time …

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Analysing determinants of match attendance in the European Rugby Cup

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2012

(competitive balance) and the quality of play. Unlike soccer, where the Champions League is dominated by teams from larger …

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Competitive balance and match attendance in European rugby union leagues

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2012

The paper analyses the impact of the relatively belated move to professionalism in Rugby Union. We use data on match attendance for 3,667 fixtures in European club Rugby over 15 seasons to estimate the effect of competitive balance on attendance. We find that (short- and medium-term) competitive...

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Analysing match attendance in the European Rugby Cup

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2014

Using data from 1,226 matches played over 18 seasons, we analyse match attendances in the group stages of the European Rugby Cup (ERC). We find that short-run (match) uncertainty had little effect on attendances. This finding is significant as the ERC has been replaced by a new competition which...

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Competitive balance : results of two natural experiments from Rugby Union ; [paper presented to the 6th Annual Conference of the European Sports Economics Association, University o...

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2014

. The second involves French rugby and soccer as the French soccer league is generally recognised as having a more even … distribution of revenue and greater competitive balance than other major European soccer leagues. We find short- and long …-run competitive balance is higher in the Premiership, than in the Top 14, while French soccer appears more evenly balanced than rugby …

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Optimal leniency programs when firms have cumulative and asymmetric evidence

Blatter, Marc; Emons, Winand; Sticher, Silvio - 2014

An antitrust authority deters collusion using fines and a leniency program. Unlike in most of the earlier literature …

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The effectiveness of leniency programs when firms choose the degree of collusion

Emons, Winand - 2018 - Version: October 2018

An antitrust authority deters collusion using fines and a leniency program. It chooses the probability of an …

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Divide et Impera. Optimnal Deterrence Mechanisms Against Cartels and Organized Crime

Spagnolo, Giancarlo - Econometric Society - 2004

Leniency programs reduce sanctions for law violators that self-report. We focus on their ability to deter cartels and …

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Rule changes and competitive balance in formula one motor racing

Mastromarco, Camilla; Runkel, Marco - 2004

This paper provides an economic explanation of the frequent rule changes in the Formula One (F1) motor racing series. In a two-stage model, the FIA (as the organizer of the F1) first decides whether to change the rules or not, and then the racing teams compete in a contest. It turns out that a...

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