Jeremy Britton

To conclude with from our previous posts about what sports economists are like and six cutting edge papers, when I look across all of the research and discussion at the WEA I want to call out a few of the major themes I thought were really interesting. They all point …

Continuing from yesterday’s introductory coverage of the 2012 WEA Conference, What Are Sports Economists Like?, this post examines some of the work I saw presented by various researchers including David Berri. How the Conference Works: Present, Critique, Discuss. The format of the conference is fascinating. Work is presented in two-hour …

In San Francisco last month the world’s sports economists–pretty much all of them–gathered for the 87th annual Western Economics Association conference to present and discuss their latest research. Think of this event as marking the scientific yang to the MIT Sloan Conference’s artistic yin. What was the WEA like? What …

Is Bob Myers any good? Joe Lacob, owner of the Golden State Warriors, demoted Larry Riley and promoted Myers to General Manager a little over a week ago. As Lacob told me by email recently: “Trust us. We will get to the promised land. I promise.” His premise is simple: …