This paper surveys the empirical literature on the behavior of referees in professional
football and other sports. Referees are typically appointed by a principal to be impartial …

An account of a new theory and method of voting, judging and ranking, majority judgment,
shown to be superior to all other known methods. In Majority Judgment, Michel Balinski and …

This paper examines how firm investments in technology-based employee monitoring
impact both misconduct and productivity. We use unique and detailed theft and sales data …

The independence of editorial content from advertisers' influence is a cornerstone of
journalistic ethics. We test whether this independence is observed in practice. We find that …

Abstract Major League Baseball umpires express their racial/ethnic prefer ences when they
evaluate pitchers. Strikes are called less often if the umpire and pitcher do not match …

This book proposes a normative theory of collective decision making, inspired by Jeremy
Bentham but not including his utilitarian philosophy. The central proposal is that in designing …

In this article we list the advantages of using sports data for economic research. We also
provide a rich overview of economic literature that used sports data to test different …

A new meta-field of “forensic economics” has begun to emerge, uncovering evidence of
hidden behavior in a variety of domains. Examples include teachers cheating on exams …

We examined whether and how various biases may influence customers' satisfaction
evaluations and produce discriminatory judgments for minority and female service …

This paper investigates whether an employee's perception of customer wealth affects his
likelihood of engaging in illegal behavior. We propose that envy and empathy lead …