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IZA Discussion Paper No. 17512
Inequity Aversion in Subjective Evaluations: Evidence from Referees' Decisions in Soccer
Leo Morabito, Vincenzo Scoppa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16963
Can Awareness Reduce (and Reverse) Identity-Driven Bias in Judgement? Evidence from International Cricket
Subhasish M Chowdhury, Sarah Jewell, Carl Singleton
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 226, 106697.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15953
Do International Tourist Arrivals Change Residents' Attitudes Towards Immigration? A Longitudinal Study of 28 European Countries
Artjoms Ivlevs, Ian Smith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15861
American Indian Casinos and Native American Self-Identification
Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan
forthcoming in: Journal of the European Economic Association
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15024
Which Former Professional Football Players Become Successful Professional Head Coaches?
Matteo Balliauw, Marco Verheuge, Stijn Baert
revised version published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2022, 30 (12), 1692–1695
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14433
Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from Speedcubers
Chao Fang, Ernest Zhang, Junfu Zhang
published in: Economics Letters, 2021, 205, 109943.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13595
Social Pressure in the Stadiums: Do Agents Change Behavior without Crowd Support?
Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2021, 82, 102344.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13578
Experimental Effects of an Absent Crowd on Performances and Refereeing Decisions during COVID-19
Alex Bryson, Peter Dolton, J. James Reade, Dominik Schreyer, Carl Singleton
published as 'Causal effects of an absent crowd on performances and refereeing decisions during Covid-19' in: Economic Letters , 2021, 198, 109664
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13486
Assessing the Role of Women in Tourism Related Sectors in the Caribbean
Francesco Pastore, Allan Webster, Kevin Hope
published in: International Journal of Tourism Research, 2021, 23 (3), 378-400
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12547
Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data
Paul Dolan, Georgios Kavetsos, Christian Krekel, Dimitris Mavridis, Renuka Metcalfe, Claudia Senik, Stefan Szymanski, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2019, 177, 104043
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12182
Girls' and Boys' Performance in Competitions: What We Can Learn from a Korean Quiz Show
Alison L. Booth, Jungmin Lee
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 187, 431-447.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12143
Home Advantage in European International Soccer: Which Dimension of Distance Matters?
Nils van Damme, Stijn Baert
revised version published in: Economics, 2019, 13 (1), 20190050
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12142
Twelve Eyes See More Than Eight. Referee Bias and the Introduction of Additional Assistant Referees in Soccer
Olivier Verstraeten, Stijn Baert
revised version published in: Plos One, 2020, 15 (2), e0227758
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12012
Career Lotto: Labor Supply in Winner-Take-All Markets
Wayne A. Grove, Michael Jetter, Kerry L. Papps
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, 183, 362-376
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11722
Player Dismissal and Full Time Results in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League
Arne De Meyere, Ward Vanruymbeke, Stijn Baert
revised version published in: International Journal of Sport Finance, 2020, 15 (1), 27 - 38
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11319
Measuring Customer Discrimination: Evidence from the Professional Cricket League in India
Pramod Kumar Sur, Masaru Sasaki
publication in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2020, 21(4), 420-448
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10977
Performance and Risk Taking under Threat of Elimination
Nathan R. Adams, Glen R. Waddell
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 156, 41 - 54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10384
Performance in Mixed-Sex and Single-Sex Tournaments: What We Can Learn from Speedboat Races in Japan
Alison L. Booth, Eiji Yamamura
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100 (4), 581 - 593
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10087
Happy Hosts? International Tourist Arrivals and Residents' Subjective Well-being in Europe
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Journal of Travel Research, 2017, 56 (5), 599-612
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10011
Gender Differences in Risk-Taking: Evidence from Professional Basketball
René Böheim, Christoph Freudenthaler, Mario Lackner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9980
No Better Moment to Score a Goal than Just Before Half Time? A Soccer Myth Statistically Tested
Stijn Baert, Simon Amez
revised version published in: Plos One, 2018, 13 (3), e0194255
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9845
Psychological Momentum and Gender
Danny Cohen-Zada, Alex Krumer, Ze'ev Shtudiner
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 135, 66-81
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9315
Gender Differences in Reaction to Psychological Pressure: Evidence from Tennis Players
Maria De Paola, Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2017, 26 (3), 444-456
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8987
Mozart or Pelé? The Effects of Teenagers' Participation in Music and Sports
Charlotte Cabane, Adrian Hille, Michael Lechner
published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 41, 90-103
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8934
Game, Set, and Match: Do Women and Men Perform Differently in Competitive Situations?
Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 119, 96-108
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8857
Referee Bias
Thomas Dohmen, Jan Sauermann
published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2016, 30 (4), 679-695
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8824
Good Girl, Bad Boy: Corrupt Behavior in Professional Tennis
Michael Jetter, Jay K. Walker
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2017, 84 (1), 155-180
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8426
Too Busy for School? The Effect of Athletic Participation on Absenteeism
Harold E. Cuffe, Glen R. Waddell, Wesley Bignell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8105
Does the Home Advantage Depend on Crowd Support? Evidence from Same-Stadium Derbies
Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2018, 19 (4), 562-582
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7945
Awareness Reduces Racial Bias
Devin G. Pope, Joseph Price, Justin Wolfers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7931
Labor Market Effects of Sports and Exercise: Evidence from Canadian Panel Data
Michael Lechner, Nazmi Sari
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 35, 1 - 15
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7801
Are Sunk Costs Irrelevant? Evidence from Playing Time in the National Basketball Association
Daniel Leeds, Michael A. Leeds, Akira Motomura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7690
Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England
Michael Lechner, Paul Downward
published in: Applied Economics, 2016, 49 (4), 335–348.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7519
Fatigue and Team Performance in Soccer: Evidence from the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship
Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2015, 16 (5) 482-507
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7299
The Impact of Legalized Casino Gambling on Crime
Mark W. Nichols, Mehmet S. Tosun
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2017, 66, 1-15.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7279
Top?Down vs. Bottom?Up: The Long?Term Impact of Government Ideology and Personal Experience on Values
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Gert G. Wagner
published as 'Inevitable? Doping Attitudes among Berliners in 2011: The Role of Socialist State Socialisation and Athlete Experience' in: European Journal of Public Health, 2016, 26 (3), 520-522
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6927
Savings and Prize-Linked Savings Accounts
Kadir Atalay, Fayzan Bakhtiar, Stephen L. Cheung, Robert Slonim
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 107 (A), 86-106
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6316
Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Loukas Balafoutas, Florian Lindner, Matthias Sutter
revised version published in: Kyklos, 2012, 65 (4), 425-441
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5225
Heterogeneous Worker Ability and Team-Based Production: Evidence from Major League Baseball, 1920-2009
Kerry L. Papps, Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez
published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (3), 310-319
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4884
Explaining the Favorite-Longshot Bias: Is it Risk-Love or Misperceptions?
Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 118 (4), 723-746
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4804
Gambling and the Use of Credit: An Individual and Household Level Analysis
Sarah Brown, Andy Dickerson, Jolian McHardy, Karl Taylor
published in: Applied Economics, 2011, 44 (35), 4639-4650
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4217
The Flexibility of the Workweek in the United States: Evidence from the FIFA World Cup
Fernando A. Lozano
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2011, 49(2), 512-529
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3987
The Economics of Discrimination: Evidence from Basketball
Lawrence M. Kahn
published in: The Oxford Handbook of Sports Economics, Oxford, OUP, 2012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3834
Contracts as Rent Seeking Devices: Evidence from German Soccer
Eberhard Feess, Michael Gerfin, Gerd Muehlheusser
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53(1), 714-730
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3745
The Italian Job: Match Rigging, Career Concerns and Media Concentration in Serie A
Tito Boeri, Battista Severgnini
published as "Match rigging and the career concerns of referees" in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18(3), 349-359
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3559
Long-Run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities
Michael Lechner
published as 'Long-run labour market and health effects of individual sports activities' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28 (4), 839 - 854
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2834
Gender Differences in Performance in Competitive Environments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Players
M. Daniele Paserman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1882
Do Former College Athletes Earn More at Work? A Nonparametric Assessment
Daniel J. Henderson, Alexandre Olbrecht, Solomon Polachek
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41(3), 558-577
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1180
Legal Restrictions on Buyout Fees: Theory and Evidence from German Soccer
Eberhard Feess, Bernd Frick, Gerd Muehlheusser
IZA Discussion Paper No. 423
Transfer Fee Regulations in European Football
Eberhard Feess, Gerd Muehlheusser
published in: European Economic Review, 2003, 47(4), 645-668
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