Stumbling On Wins in Football: Two Economists Expose the Pitfalls on the Road to Victory in Professional Sports

Acknowledgments

The stories we present are drawn both from our research, and the research of others. Obviously, we are indebted to the authors of all the studies we cite. Our own research, though, is not simply the product of our efforts. Specifically we are indebted to the following list of coauthors: Stacey Brook, J.C. Bradbury, Aju Fenn, Rod Fort, Brad Humphreys, Anthony Krautmann, Young Hoon Lee, Michael Leeds, Eva Marikova Leeds, Michael Mondello, Joe Price, Rob Simmons, Brian Soebbing, and Peter von Allmen. We would also like to thank all of the economists who have participated in sessions on sports economics at the Western Economic Association and with the North American Association of Sports Economists. These sessions have been a tremendous ...