A question of increasing interest to researchers in a variety of fields is whether the biases
found in judgment and decision-making research remain present in contexts in which …

The recent transfers of Christiano Ronaldo from Manchester United, and of Ricardo Izecson
dos Santos Leite (Kaká) from Associazione Calcio Milan to Real Madrid—as well as the …

Until recently, the position of quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) was not an
option for Black athletes. Today, many teams use Black quarterbacks, a development that …

Using panel data on professional footballers and their teams over a seven year period we
find a substantial wage premium for migrants which persists within teams and is only …

This article summarises the research findings of papers published in Journal of Sports
Economics on the workings of professional sports labor markets. The article covers three …

Researchers in many disciplines have shown that lower overall firm performance motivates
the termination of top managers. Some have also suggested that managerial dismissal …

Using data from the pre-2004-2005 lockout period, we use quantile regression to estimate
the earnings function of forwards and defensemen in the National Hockey League (NHL) …

Salary discrimination in MLB has largely been discarded as a research topic. However
traditional quantitative methods (particularly least squares regression) have concentrated on …

Abstract Research Summary Strategic human capital scholars suggest that firms' human
capital rents are greater when labor market frictions are more prevalent. Taking this …

Using data from 2001 to 2009, quantile regression techniques are used to analyze the
presence of discrimination in the National Football League (NFL) market for linebackers …