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PROGRAM

9th ESEA European Conference

on Sport Economics Paderborn, August 29 – September 1, 2017

9TH ESEA EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON SPORT ECONOMICS


9th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Paderborn

August 29 – September 1, 2017

Hosted by Paderborn University

Faculty of Business Administration and Economics


August 29, 2017

13:00–14:00 Building Q Foyer Q1

Registration

14:00–15:30 Building Q Q1.203

PhD workshop – Academic Writing Part I

PD Dr. Pamela Wicker

The first session is dedicated to general guidelines for improving the

writing technique and a series of practical applications of these guidelines.


Coffee Break

16:00–17:30 Building Q Q1.203

PhD workshop – Academic Writing Part II

PD Dr. Pamela Wicker

The second session deals with structuring and writing up specific chapters

of a thesis or an academic research article, with a focus on general

recommendations and specific vocabulary that can be helpful for each

chapter.

18:30–22:00 PhD Dinner Restaurant Kö13 Neuer Platz 7, Paderborn (Downtown)


August 30, 2017

09:00–12:00 Building Q Q1.203

PhD workshop – Instrumental Variables

Prof. Paul Downward

This part of the workshop will outline the current context within which

Instrumental variables are used in economics. It will explore sources of

endogeneity and their implications for estimation. Corrections for

endogeneity through the use of instrumental variables are discussed with

examples of their use given in a sports economics context.

12:30–13:30 Mensa

Lunch Break

14:00–15:30 Building L Foyer L1

Registration and Coffee

15:30–16:00 Building L L1

Opening


Keynote I

John Siegfried College and University Athletics in America

18:00–22:00

Conference Dinner

Haxterpark Haxterhöhe 2, Paderborn


August 31, 2017


Registration and Coffee


Plenary Session I

Chair: Bernd Frick (Paderborn University)

Anil Özdemir The Role of Beauty in Tennis TV-Viewership

Jakub Mikulka Accumulator Bets in Sports Betting Market

Luis Muga Hidden Power of Trading Activity: The FLB in Tennis Betting Exchanges


Coffee Break

11:00–12:30 Building Q Q.1.101

Session #1A: Betting/Impact

Chair: Frank Stephenson

Arne Feddersen Casual Bettors and Sentiment Bias in NBA and NFL Betting

Johannes Groß Chance or Ability? The Efficiency of the Football Betting Market Revisited

Themis Kokolakakis

Measuring the Impact of Sports Stadia on Property Prices: A Hedonic Analysis of the Etihad Stadium, UK

Frank Stephenson Profits on the Pitch: The Effect of the Champions League Finals on Host City Hotel Occupancy

11:00–12:30 Building Q Q2.113

Session #1B: Management, Organization &

Strategy

Chair: Giambattista Rossi

Petr Parshakov Transfer Networks in European Football and the Clubs’ Performance

Christoph Behrens Match Quality, Crowding Out, and Crowding In: Empirical Evidence for German Sports Clubs

Seppo Suominen Measuring Efficiency in Finnish Ice Hockey

Giambattista Rossi

Winners in the field versus winners in the media: Do football club owners maximize wins, revenues or visibility?


11:00–12:30 Building Q Q2.122

Session #1C: Attendance/Team Performance

Chair: Rodney Paul

Maurizio Valenti

The determinants of success for European women’s national football teams: the role of meso-level factors

Nicolas Scelles

Determinants of long versus short-term national men’s football team performance: FIFA point difference versus goal difference between teams

Markus Kurscheidt

We’re fed up to the back teeth!” Evidence on attendance drop out by active football fans in Germany

Rodney Paul

Major Junior Hockey Attendance in Canada: A Study of Uncertainty of Outcome, Central Scouting Player Rankings, Weather, and Team Performance Including Fighting

12:30–13:30 Mensa

Lunch Break

13:30–15:00 Building Q Q.1.101

Session #2A: Impact

Chair: Pamela Wicker

Philipp Swierzy Willingness-to-pay for memberships in nonprofit sports clubs: The role of organizational capacity

Willem de Boer

Ex-ante and ex-post willingness to pay for hosting a large sport event and the role of following the event in the media

Brad Humphreys The Effect of Public Subsidies to Professional Sports on Infant Health

Pamela Wicker The value of alpine skiing: A CVM study of the 2017 World Championships

13:30–15:00 Building Q Q2.113

Session #2B: Organization & Strategy

Chair: Patrick Massey

Tim Wallrafen Substitution in Sports – The Case of Lower Division Football Attendance

Carlos Varela-

Quintana

Home advantage under the three-point victory rule

Jean- Pascal

Gayant

Optimal Point Award System in Soccer: Shall the Number of Points Awarded for a Win Depend on the Size of the League?

Patrick Massey Analyzing Team Efficiency in Rugby's Pro-12 League


13:30–15:00 Building Q Q2.122

Session #2C: Pay and Transfer

Chair: Juan de Dios Tena

Franziska Prockl

Wage Determination in a Regulated Labor Market: Empirical Evidence from Major League Soccer

Antonio Moreno

Pessoa

A study on pricing of footballers’ transfers in the Top 4 European leagues in the 2015/2016 season

Ritchie Woodard

How Dispersions of Wage and Cultural Diversity Affect Team Performance – Evidence from the National Basketball Association

Juan de Dios Tena Estimating salary gap as a function of race: an application to Italian football


Coffee Break

15:30–17:00 Building Q Q.1.101

Session #3A: Sabotage

Chair: Wladimir Andreff

Marius Ötting Match-Fixing in the Italian Serie B - An Empirical Approach Using Flexible Regression

Radek Janhuba Criminals on the Field: A Study of College Football

Jakub Sindelar Do Anti-doping Policies Trigger End-game Effect?

Wladimir Andreff A new economic regulation to combat doping in sports more efficiently

15:30–17:00 Building Q Q2.113

Session #3B: Physical Activity

Chair: Paul Downward

Lukasz Skrok Physical activity and social capital – case of Poland

Laura Urgelles

An empirical analysis of the academic performance and salary expectations of different types of athletes

Sören Dallmeyer Physical activity and out-of-pocket costs

Paul Downward

Investment in a healthy lifestyle? The balance between sport and physical activity, medication and nutrition inputs


15:30–17:00 Building Q Q2.122

Session #3C: Tournaments

Chair: Robbie Butler

Iuliia Naidenova Do Tournament Organizers Benefit from Events?

Katharina Moser

Are Women Really Less Competitive Than Men? Career Duration in Nordic and Alpine Skiing

Katrin Scharfenkamp

Determinants and effects of risk-taking strategies in rank order tournaments – An explorative analysis of the German Women’s Soccer League

Robbie Butler Skewing Risk-Return Tradeoffs with Bonuses: Evidence from the Field

17:00–18:00 Building Q Q1.101

ESEA Annual Meeting

18:00–22:00

Conference Dinner

Town Hall

Rathausplatz 1, Paderborn (Downtown)

September 1, 2017


Plenary Session II

Chair: Bernd Frick (Paderborn University)

Mario Lackner

The Effect of Intermediate Ranking on Effort in Multi-stage Competitions - Causal Evidence from Nordic Combined

Thomas Peeters Modern Missionaries: Manager Migration and Technology Transfers in International Football

Hendrik Sonnabend

Discouraging effects in team contests: Empirical evidence from the Beach Volleyball World Championship


Coffee Break



Keynote II

Paul Downward

Ends rather than means in UK Sport Policy:

Some critical insights on facilitating sport and

fitness participation


Lunch Break

13:30–14:40 Building Q Q1.101

Session #4A: Head Coaches

Chair: Rob Simmons

Carlos Gomez A longitudinal study of African and White American managers in NCAA basketball

Julio del Corral Racial discrimination? An empirical analysis of NBA Head Coaches

Rob Simmons Time To Go? Head Coach Quits and Dismissals in Professional Football

13:30–14:40 Building Q Q2.113

Session #4B: Labor Market

Chair: Joel Maxcy

Bryan Foltice Efficiency of the NBA Labor Market

Joel Maxcy Multi-Period Contracts as Risk Management

13:30–14:40 Building Q Q2.122

Session #4C: Brands & Finance

Chair: Daniel Weimar

Maria Ratz Crowdinvesting and Crowdlending as Modern Substitutes for Fan Bonds in German Football

Pedro García del

Barrio

Sport rivalries in soccer and hierarchy of domestic leagues

Daniel Weimar

Investment decisions of emotional investors in hard times: Empirical evidence from the German football industry


Coffee Break


15:15–16:25 Building Q Q1.101

Session #5A: Labor Market

Chair: Bernd Frick

Lucas Besters

Selection of Top-level Talent and the Relative Age Effect: A Study on Elite Youth Football Players

Andrew Rendall The NBA Draft: Expectations versus Reality

Bernd Frick

Workplace Safety Regulations and Worker Well-Being: The Impact of Mandatory Helmet Use on Career Length in the National Hockey League

15:15–16:25 Building Q Q2.113

Session #5B: Demand

Chair: Ruud Koning

Georgios Nalbantis Country-of-Origin Effects in Sports: On the US Demand for Relocated Soccer Games

Ruud Koning Modern soccer demand


Farewell Address


Contact

ESEA Organizing Committee

[email protected]

http://www.upb.de/esea2017

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