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Every week, we discuss a recently published paper with a focus on sports.
Here is the list of episodes. If you click on the episode, you can find information about the authors, the year and the journal of the publication:

The long-run effects of sports clubs vouchers for primary school children

In this episode we discuss the paper "The long-run effects of sports clubs vouchers for primary school children". The authors of the paper are Jan Marcus (University of Hamburg), Thomas Siedler (University of Hamburg), and Nicolas R. Ziebarth (Cornell University).

The paper was published in 2022 in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. You can find the paper here.



Interview with Ender Demir

In this episode we talk with Ender Demir about his recent research paper "Are Fan Tokens Fan Tokens?".

Are Fan Tokens Fan Tokens?

In this episode we discuss the paper "Are Fan Tokens Fan Tokens?". The authors of the paper are Ender Demir (Reykjavik University), Oguz Ersan (Kadir Has University), and Boris Popesko (Tomas Bata University in Zlin).

The paper was published in 2022 in Finance Research Letters. You can find the paper here.



Interview with Zachary S. Fone

In this episode we talk with Zachary S. Fone about his recent research paper "You Booze, You Lose? Spillovers to Crime from Alcohol Sales at College Football Games".

Prove them wrong: Do professional athletes perform better when facing their former clubs?

The authors of the paper are Artur Assanskiy (HSE University, New Economic School), Daniil Shaposhnikov (HSE University), Igor Tylkin (HSE University, RANEPA), and Gleb Vasiliev (HSE University).

The paper was published in 2022 in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. You can find the paper here.



You Booze, You Lose? Spillovers to Crime from Alcohol Sales at College Football Games

The authors of the paper is Zachary S. Fone (Montana State University).

The paper was published in 2022 in Journal of Sport Economics. You can find the paper here.



Interview with Elizabeth A. Taylor

In this episode we talk with Elizabeth A. Taylor about her recent research paper "Examining intercollegiate athletic department employees’ workplace behaviors using latent profile analysis"

Examining intercollegiate athletic department employees’ workplace behaviors using latent profile analysis

The authors of the paper are Elizabeth A. Taylor (Temple University), Rose Marie Ward (Miami University), Matt R. Huml (University of Cincinnati), and Lindsey Darvin (SUNY – Cortland).

The paper was published in 2022 in Sport Management Review. You can find the paper here.



Interview with Tracy Taylor

In this episode we talk with Tracy Taylor about her recent research paper "A balancing act: women players in a new semi-Professional team sport league"

The financial and performance cost of injuries to teams in Australian professional soccer

The authors of the paper are Donna Lu (University of Technology Sydney and Football Federation Australia), Alan McCall (University of Technology Sydney and Football Federation Australia), Mark Jones (Football Federation Australia), Jeff Steinweg (Football Federation Australia), Les Gelis (Football Federation Australia), Job Fransen (University of Technology Sydney), and Rob Duffield (University of Technology Sydney and Football Federation Australia).

The paper was published in 2022 in Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. You can find the paper here.



A balancing act: women players in a new semi-Professional team sport league

The authors of the paper are Tracy Taylor (Victoria University), Hunter Fujak (Deakin University), Clare Hanlon (Victoria University), and Donna O’Connor (University of Sydney).

The paper was published in 2020 in European Sport Management Quarterly. You can find the paper here.



Finding Neymar. The Role of Colour in the Detection and Discrimination of Football Kits

The authors of the paper are Liam Burnell (University of York) and Peter Thompson (University of York).

The paper was published in 2021 in Perception. You can find the paper here.



Interview with Felix Otto

In this episode we talk with Felix Otto about his recent research paper "Political relations and sports: exploring the demand for relocated soccer games"

Political relations and sports: exploring the demand for relocated soccer games

The authors of the paper are Felix Otto (University of Tübingen), Georgios Nalbantis (University of Tübingen), and Tim Pawlowski (University of Tübingen).

The paper was published in 2022 in European Sport Management Quarterly. You can find the paper here.



Interview with Robert Butler

In this episode we talk with Robert Butler about his recent research paper "New insights on the Louis-Schmeling paradox: determinants of demand for subscription and payper- view boxing"

New insights on the Louis-Schmeling paradox: determinants of demand for subscription and pay-per-view boxing

The authors are David Butler (University College Cork), Robert Butler (University College Cork), and Joel Maxcy (Drexel University).

The paper was published in 2022 in European Sport Management Quarterly. You can find the paper here.



Eliminating supportive crowds reduces referee bias

The authors of the paper are J. James Reade (University of Reading), Dominik Schreyer (WHU—Otto Beisheim School of Management), and Carl Singleton (University of Reading).

The paper was published in 2022 in Economic Inquiry. You can find the paper here.



Integration between women’s and men’s football clubs: a comparison between Brazil, China and Italy

The authors of the paper are Maurizio Valenti (Manchester Metropolitan University), Qi Peng (Manchester Metropolitan University), and Claudio Rocha (University of Stirling).

The paper was published in 2021 in International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. You can find the paper here.



Do LGBTQ‑Supportive Corporate Policies Affect Consumer Behavior? Evidence from the Video Game Industry

The authors of this paper are Petr Parshakov (HSE Perm), Iuliia Naidenova (HSE Perm), Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez (University of Zurich), and Cornel Nesseler (NTNU)

The paper was published in 2022 in Journal of Business Ethics. You can find the paper here.



A big data analysis of social media coverage of athlete protests

The authors of this paper are Wenche Wang (University of Michigan) and Stacy-Lynn Sant (University of Michigan)

The paper was published in 2022 in Sport Management Review. You can find the paper here.



The video assistant referee (VAR) as neo-coloniality of power? Fan negative reactions to VAR in the 2018 FIFA Men’s World Cup

The authors of this paper are Renan Petersen-Wagner (Leeds Beckett University) and Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen (Liverpool John Moores University)

The paper was published in 2022 in Sport in Society. You can find the paper here.



Does relatedness drive the diversification of countries’ success in sports?

The authors of this paper are Louis Knuepling (Leibniz University) and Tom Broekel (Stavanger University)

The paper was published in 2022 in European Sport Management Quarterly. You can find the paper here.



Building Nations through Shared Experiences: Evidence from African Football

The authors of this paper are Emilio Depetris- Chauvin (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Ruben Durante (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), and Filipe Campante (Johns Hopkins University).

The paper was published in 2020 in American Economic Review. You can find the paper here.



Sports-based Entertainment and Crime Evidence from Football Games in Brazil

The author of this paper is Ilaria Masiero (University of Geneva)

The paper was published in 2022 in Journal of Sports Economics. You can find the paper here.



An Analysis of Broadcasting Media Using Social Media Engagement in the WNBA

The authors of this paper are Ann Pegoraro (University of Guelph), Heather Kennedy (University of Guelph), Nola Agha (University of San Francisco), Nicholas Brown (University of San Francisco), and David Berri (Southern Utah University)

The paper was published in 2021 in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. You can find the paper here.



Feasibility of the Olympic marathon under climatic and socioeconomic change

The authors of this paper are Takahiro Oyama (The University of Tokyo), Jun’ya Takakura (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa), Minoru Fujii (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa), Kenichi Nakajima (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa) & Yasuaki Hijioka (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa)

The paper was published in 2022 in Scientific Reports. You can find the paper here.



Can Professional Football Players Adapt to Air Pollution? Evidence From China

The authors of this paper are Yu Qin (National University of Singapore), Jing Wu (Tsinghua University), Rongjie Zhang (Tsinghua University)

The paper was published in 2022 in Journal of Sports Economics. You can find the paper here.



English goalkeepers are not responsible for England’s poor performance in penalty shootouts in the past

The authors of this paper are Michel Brinkschulte (German Sport University Cologne), Philip Furley (German Sport University Cologne), Maximilian Klemp (German Sport University Cologne), and Daniel Memmert (German Sport University Cologne)

The paper was published in 2021 in scientific reports. You can find the paper here.



Can Exposure to Celebrities Reduce Prejudice? The Effect of Mohamed Salah on Islamophobic Behaviors and Attitudes

The authors of this paper are Ala’ Alrababa’h (Stanford University), William Marble (Stanford University), Salma Mousa (Yale University), and Alexandra A. Siegel (University of Colorado Boulder)

The paper was published in 2021 in American Political Science Review. You can find the paper here.



Building social cohesion between Christians and Muslims through soccer in post-ISIS Iraq

The author of this paper is Salma Mousa (Stanford University)

The paper was published in 2020 in Science. You can find the paper here.



Outracing champion Gran Turismo drivers with deep reinforcement learning

The authors of this paper are Peter R. Wurman (Sony AI, New York), Samuel Barrett (Sony AI, New York), Kenta Kawamoto (Sony AI, Tokyo), James MacGlashan (Sony AI, New York), Kaushik Subramanian (Sony AI, Zürich), Thomas J. Walsh (Sony AI, New York), Roberto Capobianco (Sony AI, Zürich), Alisa Devlic (Sony AI, Zürich), Franziska Eckert (Sony AI, Zürich), Florian Fuchs (Sony AI, Zürich), Leilani Gilpin (Sony AI, New York), Piyush Khandelwal (Sony AI, New York), Varun Kompella (Sony AI, New York), HaoChih Lin (Sony AI, Zürich), Patrick MacAlpine (Sony AI, New York), Declan Oller (Sony AI, New York), Takuma Seno (Sony AI, Tokyo), Craig Sherstan (Sony AI, New York), Michael D. Thomure (Sony AI, New York), Houmehr Aghabozorgi (Sony AI, New York), Leon Barrett (Sony AI, New York), Rory Douglas (Sony AI, New York), Dion Whitehead (Sony AI, New York), Peter Dürr (Sony AI, Zürich), Peter Stone (Sony AI, New York), Michael Spranger (Sony AI, Tokyo) & Hiroaki Kitano (Sony AI, Tokyo)

The paper was published in 2022 in Nature. You can find the paper here.



The Gambling Behaviour and Attitudes to Sports Betting of Sports Fans

The authors of this paper are Emma Seal (RMIT University), Buly A. Cardak (La Trobe University), Matthew Nicholson (Monash University and La Trobe University), Alex Donaldson (La Trobe University), Paul O’Halloran (La Trobe University), Erica Randle (La Trobe University), Kiera Staley (La Trobe University)

The paper was published in 2022 in Journal of Gambling Studies. You can find the paper here.



Opportunity and inequality in the emerging esports labor market

The authors of this paper are Christopher M. McLeod (University of Florida), Hanhan Xue (Florida State University), Joshua I. Newman (Florida State University)

The paper was published in 2021 in International Review for the Sociology of Sport. You can find the paper here.



Racial bias in newspaper ratings of professional football players

The authors of this paper are Franceso Principe (University of Padova and ECASE) and Jan C. van Ours (Tinbergen Institue, ECASE, University of Melbourne, and CEPR)

The paper was published in 2022 in European Economic Review. You can find the paper here.



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