Good to see work by Michael Lopez on hockey officiating being discussed by TSN. Paper is published in the International Journal of Sport Finance. tsn.ca/game-managemen…

Actually... papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Congrats to my advisor, my mentor, my friend BH on winning the Peter Sloane Award from the European Sports Economics Association. #ESEA_Helsinki

The 17th Gijon Conference on Sports Economics begins. This year the topic is Women's Sports Economics.

USC HRSM doc student Chan Hyeon Hur is closing out this morning’s esport session NASSM.

It's surely only a shock if you don't know any sport economics? bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/658…

All good papers in the NAASE session 231

Many thanks to the participants in this week's NAASE-sponsored sessions at the WEA meetings--lots of interesting papers, helpful feedback, and collegial conversations. Special hat tip to organizers jillharris and Jane Ruseski. Mark your calendars for next year in Seattle!

Kicking it off with Nick “Bozodoc” Watanabe discussing the effects of hosting the Olympics in remote rural cities in Korea. Their study reveals a mixed impact on temporary housing - with rent increases before the Games, but not during, putting extra pressure on low-income families.

NAASE will hold a short Zoom meeting Wed 11/13 (12 noon ET) to announce the 2024 Hadley Award winner and this year's grad student award. The meeting link will go out via email but anyone who doesn't get the link and wants to join should contact Frank Stephenson or other officer.

Are esports spectators fickle when there’s too much to watch? 🎮👀 Excited to share my latest research with Nick “Bozodoc” Watanabe , Brian P. Soebbing , and Hanhan Xue on the economics of attention in esports streaming! #Esports #AttentionEconomy 🧵1/2 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Allen Sanderson is best known for his remark, "If you want to inject money into the local economy, it would be better to drop it from a helicopter than invest it in a new ballpark," but he should be remembered for much more. fieldofschemes.com/2025/01/27/223…

We're looking forward to seeing lots of NAASE members at the WEA conference which starts tomorrow in San Francisco!

We are excited to announce the creation of the Coates-Humphreys NAASE Distinguished Research Award, with Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys as the inaugural winners. It will be given in odd-numbered years (the Hadley Award is given in even-numbered years). Congrats Brad & Dennis!

A small loose end from NAASE's meeting in SF: One can sign up for contents alerts for the JSE using the link below (scroll down a bit and look at the right side of the page). journals.sagepub.com/home/jse

ESEA 2025 sportseconomics.org/sports-economi…

Cover just dropped. Coming in 2026 from Oxford University Press.