dc.creator | DeAngelis, Scott Andrew | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-21T21:08:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-30 | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-03-30 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-03132018-111139 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/10757 | |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation seeks to shed further light on the issue of concussions in athletics—a topic that has garnered increased attention over the past decade. Chapter 1 examines youth sports concussion laws, which have now been implemented by every state. Specifically, I study the impact that these state laws have on participation in high school athletics and the reporting of youth concussions. Chapter 2 looks at how risk and compensation schemes related to concussions currently operate at the youth, college, and professional levels of football. This chapter then provides recommendations for how risk-management systems can be implemented at each level so as to promote levels of risk and compensation that are closer to the optimal level than currently exist. Chapter 3 studies how commitment and payment schemes affect risk-taking behavior through the use of an incentivized experiment. In doing so, I analogize these risk decisions to those faced by professional football players, who must decide whether to continue their careers in the face of potential long-term health effects due to concussions. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.subject | sports economics | |
dc.subject | legal remedies | |
dc.subject | compensation | |
dc.subject | risk | |
dc.subject | concussions | |
dc.subject | law and economics | |
dc.title | Concussions in Athletics: Risk-Taking Behavior, Compensation, and Legal Remedies | |
dc.type | dissertation | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Kevin M. Stack | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Paige M. Skiba | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Gabriel A. Torres Colon | |
dc.type.material | text | |
thesis.degree.name | PHD | |
thesis.degree.level | dissertation | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Law and Economics | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Vanderbilt University | |
local.embargo.terms | 2018-03-30 | |
local.embargo.lift | 2018-03-30 | |
dc.contributor.committeeChair | W. Kip Viscusi | |