Browsing Department of Economics by Author "Sanderson, Allen R."

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    • Simon Rottenberg and Baseball, Then and Now: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective 
      Sanderson, Allen R.; Siegfried, John J. (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      Fifty years ago the JPE published Simon Rottenberg's "The Baseball Players' Labor Market", the first professional journal article in sports economics. In this retrospective we review some of his insights and analyses with ...
    • The Economic Impact of Colleges and Universities 
      Siegfried, John J.; Sanderson, Allen R.; McHenry, Peter (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      This essay describes methodological approaches and pitfalls common to studies of the economic impact of colleges and universities. Such studies often claim local benefits that imply annualized rates of return on local ...
    • Thinking About Competitive Balance 
      Sanderson, Allen R.; Siegfried, John J. (Vanderbilt University, 2003)
      Simon Rottenberg long ago noted that the nature of sports is such that competitors must be of approximately equal ability if any are to be financially successful. In recent years, sports commentators and fans, Major League ...