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in labour economics, labour supply, sports economics Tags: taxation and labour supply
One of the key insights of good tax policy is that people respond to incentives. If tax rates are punitive, people will do what they can to protect themselves from predatory government. Especially if they have any ability to control the timing, level, and composition of their income. Star athletes are definitely in this group. They avoid […]
Sports and Supply-Side Economics
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in applied price theory, econometerics, history of economic thought, sports economics
Regular readers of this blog will know that I enjoy blogging about research that uses a sports setting to illustrate economic concepts (except when the research is terrible). Sport makes for an interesting setting for testing economic theories. The rules are known. The incentives are usually clear. The outcomes are usually unambiguous. Other real-world settings…
Ask not what economics can do for sports; ask what sports can do for economics
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in economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, sports economics Tags: animal rights, Animal welfare, racing, takings
Eric Crampton writes: Legislation before Parliament bans greyhound racing over animal welfare considerations. Buying out the industry, shutting it down, and rehoming the dogs would seem right if you thought animal welfare warranted it. The legislation instead proposes shuttering Greyhound Racing New Zealand and an assortment of private racing clubs. Their net assets will be handed…
Crampton on theft from greyhounds
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in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, sports economics Tags: constitutional law, takings
Oliver Hartwich writes – Let me state this clearly at the outset: I have never placed a bet on a greyhound. I have never owned a greyhound. If I were a dog, I would likely prefer a soft sofa to a hard track. I am not writing this because I have a passion for racing, […]
Greyhound racing law change is legal overreach
22 Aug 2025 1 Comment
in economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, sports economics
New Zealand will be banning greyhound racing. The Bill to formally end greyhound racing will be introduced to Parliament later this year. The public will be able to make submissions to the select committee as part of the process.“It is important people get the opportunity to have their say. The decision to end greyhound racing was…
Banning racing
23 Apr 2025 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, gender, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, sports economics Tags: sex discrimination
Ele Ludemann writes – New Zealand First has introduced a Member’s Bill to define the biological definition of man and woman in law. . . . “This is not about being anti-anyone or anti-anything. This is about ensuring we as a country focus on the facts of biology and protect the term ‘woman’ in law”, says New Zealand First Leader […]
Where Britain has gone
31 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, sports economics Tags: free speech, gender gap, political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
World Athletics is supporting female sport: It sounds so simple that you wonder if there’s something you’ve misunderstood. In order to “doggedly protect the female category”, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has announced that his organisation will become the first to introduce cheek swabs or dry blood tests to verify an athlete’s biological sex. These are […]
Science, girls and women win
30 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, sports economics, television Tags: gender gap, sex discrimination
Here is the link, via Alex T. The post Men watch women’s sports more than women do appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
Men watch women’s sports more than women do
13 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, sports economics Tags: Olympic Games
Economic impact studies are typically used to justify large sporting events. However, those studies typically apply a set of overly positive assumptions, leading to large overestimates of economic impact. Andrew Zimbalist even wrote a book about this problem, Circus Maximus (which I reviewed here).Now, it is rare for the authors of an economic impact study to go…
The economic impact of the 2000 Sydney Olympics
09 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, property rights, sports economics Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
(This is my 29,994th post, so we’ll reach 30,000 by the end of the weekend. I don’t know what to think about that!) I think we all know now that most Americans, and a majority of individuals in both Democratic and Republican parties, oppose the participation of trans-identified males in women’s sports, presumably on the […]
NCAA bans transgender athletes from women’s sports
22 Nov 2024 1 Comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, property rights, sports economics Tags: free speech, gender gap, political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
The good news is that the Washington Post, defying the inevitable cries that the paper is “transphobic”, is calling for a “respectful debate on trans women in sports”. This is, of course, because of the increasing number of biological men who identify as women (I prefer that jawbreaker to “trans women” because the latter plays […]
Defying cries of “transphobia”, the Washington Post calls for debate on whether trans women should participate in women’s sports
14 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, sports economics Tags: free speech, gender gaps, political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
Ele Ludemann writes – Former Olympians and sports representatives are calling for safety and fairness to take precedence over trans ideology: An open letter signed by nearly 60 former New Zealand Olympians and sports representatives asks the government to ensure fairness is the cornerstone of sport at all levels.
The case for safety and fairness in sport to be given priority over trans ideology
17 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in sports economics Tags: Olympics
Ben Strong writes: The Olympic Games should be the pinnacle of the sport. This is in two ways. Winning an Olympic gold medal should be the absolute pinnacle of that sport, and in the spirit of its amateur traditions, sports that are professional behemoths shouldn’t really be involved. That’s why the axe should swing firmly […]
What sports should be in the Olympics?
10 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, health economics, sports economics Tags: gender gap, Olympics
05 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics, sports economics, theory of the firm, urban economics Tags: Olympic Games
When a city bids to host the Olympic Games, part of the bid is a commitment that the city or the national government will cover any cost overruns–and experience suggests the cost overruns will be large. Alexander Budzier and Bent Flyvbjerg discuss the patterns in “The Oxford Olympics Study 2024: Are Cost and Cost Overrun…
Olympic Records in Cost Overruns
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