Update: A hard copy of a paper by @bradhumphreys.bsky.social and me will be archived by the Giamatti Research Center at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Please let me know if someone happens to visit there and see our paper!

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This is a really cool simple paper from @bradhumphreys.bsky.social and @chengyuanhua.bsky.social . Baseball players elected to the Hall of Fame live two years longer than non-selected nominated players. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thanks JC! Glad you like it!

A nicely done story about Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys:

umbc.edu/stories/denn...

Brad Humphreys on the State of Art of Sports Economics
LASEC-2 Lima.

NBA teams tanking- trying to lose games- is a controversial development in the sport. In a recent open access article, @acardazzi.bsky.social, @candonjohnson.bsky.social sky.social, and Eddie Minuci study the effects of the most extreme case of tanking, finding it affects future winning and income.

FROM SHAMS:

Sources: Deandre Ayton to become free agent after Trail Blazers buyout - via ESPN

Had a good time at SOLE in Toronto

Perfect location to present a hockey paper

The Portland Trail Blazers select Yang Hansen 16th overall!

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!

Mark the end of the semester

Wow where is it?

The Second UMBC Sports Economics conference is in the books. It was great to see old friends and make some new ones. Lots of interesting research was on display. Thanks to all the participants for a great presentations and thoughtful and helpful discussions!

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I really like our rival league project😂hopefully we can find out a way to proceed