Publications

by members of

Department of Economics and Accounting
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, Massachusetts (United States)

Working papers

2009

1. Robert Baumann & Bryan Engelhardt & Victor Matheson, 2009. "Hail to the Chief: Assessing the Economic Impact of Presidential Inaugurations on the Washington, D.C. Local Economy," Working Papers 0901, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Dennis Coates & Victor Matheson, 2009. "Mega-Events and Housing Costs: Raising the Rent while Raising the Roof?," Working Papers 0902, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
3. Dennis Coates & Victor Matheson, 2009. "Mega-Events and Housing Costs: Raising the Rent while Raising the Roof?," Working Papers 0903, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
4. Victor Matheson & Kent Grote, 2009. "Spreading the Fortune: The Distribution of Lottery Prizes across Countries," Working Papers 0904, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
5. Melissa Boyle & Victor Matheson, 2009. "Drawing Conclusions from Non-Random Samples: A Comment on “Race and Art: Prices for African American Painters and their Contemporaries” by Richard Agnello," Working Papers 0906, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
6. Katherine A. Kiel & Victor Matheson & Kevin Golembiewski, 2009. "Luck or Skill? An Examination of the Ehrlich - Simon Bet," Working Papers 0908, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
7. Robert Baumann & Bryan Engelhardt & Victor Matheson, 2009. "The Great Macroeconomic Experiment: Assessing the Effects of Fiscal Stimulus Spending on Employment Growth," Working Papers 0910, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
8. Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson & Cara Howe, 2009. "Anomalies in Tournament Design: The Madness of March Madness," Working Papers 0910, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
9. Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson & Cara Howe, 2009. "Anomalies in Tournament Design: The Madness of March Madness," Working Papers 0912, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
10. Robert Baumann & Bryan Engelhardt & Victor Matheson & Taylor Ciavarra, 2009. "Sports Franchises, Stadiums, and City Livability: An Examination of Professional Sports and Crime Rates," Working Papers 0911, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
11. Robert Baumann & Bryan Engelhardt & Victor Matheson & Taylor Ciavarra, 2009. "Sports Franchises, Stadiums, and City Livability: An Examination of Professional Sports and Crime Rates," Working Papers 0913, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
12. Chihiro Muroi & Robert Baumann, 2009. "The Non-Linear Effect of Wealth on Crime," Working Papers 0907, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
13. Bryan Engelhardt & David L. Fuller, 2009. "Efficient Labor Force Participation with Search and Bargaining," Working Papers 0909, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics, revised Nov 2009. [Downloadable!]
14. Ayako Kondo & Justin Svec, 2009. "Fiscal Policy Cyclicality and Growth within the U.S. States," Working Papers 0911, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2008

1. Victor Matheson & Kent Grote, 2008. "U.S. Lotto Markets," Working Papers 0802, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2008. "Rejecting “Conventional” Wisdom: Estimating the Economic Impact of National Political Conventions," Working Papers 0804, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
3. Melissa Boyle & Victor Matheson, 2008. "Determinants of the Distribution of Congressional Earmarks Across States," Working Papers 0806, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
4. Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson & Chihiro Muroi, 2008. "Bowling in Hawaii: Examining the Effectiveness of Sports-Based Tourism Strategies," Working Papers 0808, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
5. Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson & Chihiro Muroi, 2008. "Bowling in Hawaii: Examining the Effectiveness of Sports-Based Tourism Strategies," Working Papers 0807, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
6. Melissa Boyle & Victor Matheson, 2008. "Measuring Tax Incidence: A Natural Experiment in the Hybrid Vehicle Market," Working Papers 0811, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
7. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2008. "Slippery Slope? Assessing the Economic Impact of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah," Working Papers 0829, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
8. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2008. "Slippery Slope? Assessing the Economic Impact of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah," Working Papers 0815, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
9. Brad R. Humphreys & Victor Matheson, 2008. "PILOTs and Public Policy: Steering through the Economic Ramifications," Working Papers 0817, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
10. Brad R. Humphreys & Victor Matheson, 2008. "PILOTs and Public Policy: Steering through the Economic Ramifications," Working Papers 0832, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
11. Bryan Engelhardt, 2008. "The Effect of Employment Frictions on Crime: Theory and Estimation," Working Papers 0805, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
12. Bryan Engelhardt, 2008. "Crime Networks with Bargaining and Build Frictions," Working Papers 0813, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
13. Laura Bucila, 2008. "Employment-Based Health Insurance and the Minimum Wage," Working Papers 0812, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Victor Matheson, 2007. "Alternative Methods of Calculating Optimal Timber Rotations: A Critique of the Stokey/Lucas/Prescott Tree-Cutting Problem," Working Papers 0701, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2007. "Down, Set, Hike: The Economic Impact of College Football Games on Local Economies," Working Papers 0702, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
3. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2007. "Down, Set, Hike: The Economic Impact of College Football Games on Local Economies," Working Papers 0701, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
4. Robert Baade & Victor Matheson, 2007. "NFL Governance and the Fate of the New Orleans Saints: Some Observations," Working Papers 0703, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
5. Robert Baade & Victor Matheson, 2007. "NFL Governance and the Fate of the New Orleans Saints: Some Observations," Working Papers 0709, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
6. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade & Mimi Nikolova, 2007. "A Tale of Two Stadiums: Comparing the Economic Impact of Chicago’s Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field," IASE Conference Papers 0705, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
7. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2007. "Big Men on Campus: Estimating the Economic Impact of College Sports on Local Economies," Working Papers 0704, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
8. Victor Matheson, 2007. "Sports and the Law: Using Court Cases to Teach Sports Economics," Working Papers 0706, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
9. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2007. "Big Men on Campus: Estimating the Economic Impact of College Sports on Local Economies," Working Papers 0726, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
10. Robert Baumann, 2007. "Differences in the College Enrollment Decision Across Race," Working Papers 0705, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
11. Bryan Engelhardt & Guillaume Rocheteau & Peter Rupert, 2007. "Crime and the labor market: a search model with optimal contracts," Working Paper 0715, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. [Downloadable!]
12. Bryan Engelhardt & Guillaume Rocheteau & Peter Rupert, 2007. "Crime and the Labor Market in a Search Model with Pairwise-Efficient Separations," University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series 06-07, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade, 2006. "Can New Orleans Play Its Way Past Katrina? The Role of Professional Sports in the Redevelopment of New Orleans," Working Papers 0603, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade, 2006. "Can New Orleans Play Its Way Past Katrina? The Role of Professional Sports in the Redevelopment of New Orleans," Working Papers 0601, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
3. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2006. "The Economic Consequences of Professional Sports Strikes and Lockouts: Revisited," Working Papers 0604, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
4. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade & Mimi Nikolova, 2006. "A Tale of Two Stadiums: Comparing the Economic Impact of Chicago’s Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field," Working Papers 0608, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
5. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2006. "The Economic Consequences of Professional Sports Strikes and Lockouts: Revisited," Working Papers 0609, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
6. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2006. "Selling the Big Game: Estimating the Economic Impact of Mega-Events through Taxable Sales," Working Papers 0610, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
7. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade & Mimi Nikolova, 2006. "A Tale of Two Stadiums: Comparing the Economic Impact of Chicago’s Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field," Working Papers 0614, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
8. Victor Matheson & Kent Grote, 2006. "Gamblers’ Love for Variety and Substitution among Lotto Games," Working Papers 0609, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
9. Victor Matheson, 2006. "Mega-Events: The effect of the world’s biggest sporting events on local, regional, and national economies," Working Papers 0610, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
10. Victor Matheson, 2006. "Mega-Events: The effect of the world’s biggest sporting events on local, regional, and national economies," Working Papers 0622, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
11. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade, 2006. "Research Note: Assessing Household Service Losses with Joint Survival Probabilities," Working Papers 0611, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2005

1. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade, 2005. "A Fall Classic? Assessing the Economic Impact of the World Series," Working Papers 0501, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade, 2005. "The Paradox of Championships: Be Careful What You Wish For, Sports Fans," Working Papers 0504, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
3. Victor Matheson, 2005. "Research Note: Athletic Graduation Rates and Simpson’s Paradox," Working Papers 0506, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
4. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade, 2005. "Striking Out? The Economic Impact of Major League Baseball Work Stoppages on Host Communities," Working Papers 0507, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
5. Victor Matheson & Robert Hoffmann & Chew Ging Lee & Bala Ramasamy, 2005. "Comparing the Socio-Economic Determinants of Men's and Women's International Soccer Performance," Working Papers 0508, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
6. Victor Matheson, 2005. "Rationality, Tort Reform and Contingent Valuation: A Classroom Experiment in Starting Point Bias," Working Papers 0509, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
7. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2005. "Selling the Big Game: Estimating the Economic Impact of Mega-Events through Taxable Sales," Working Papers 0510, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
8. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade, 2005. "Have Public Finance Principles Been Shut Out in Financing New Sports Stadiums for the NFL in the United States?," Working Papers 0511, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
9. Victor Matheson & Kent Grote, 2005. "Examining the Halo Effect in Lotto Games," Working Papers 0513, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
10. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2005. "Predicting the Path to Recovery from Hurricane Katrina through the Lens of Hurricane Andrew and the Rodney King Riots," Working Papers 0515, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
11. Robert Baade & Victor Matheson, 2005. "Have public finance principles been shut out in financing new sports facilities in the United States?," IASE Conference Papers 0527, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
12. Robert Baumann & Raphael Solomon, 2005. "Educational Spillovers: Does One Size Fit All?," Working Papers 05-10, Bank of Canada. [Downloadable!]
13. Robert Baumann, 2005. "Changes in the Appalachian Wage Gap, 1970 to 2000," Working Papers 0502, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
14. Robert Baumann & Raphael Solomon, 2005. "Educational Spillovers: Does One Size Fit All?," Working Papers 0503, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade, 2004. "Mega-Sporting Events in Developing Nations: Playing the Way to Prosperity?," Working Papers 0404, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Victor Matheson & Robert Baade, 2004. "Padding Required: Assessing the Economic Impact of the Super Bowl," Working Papers 0403, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
3. Victor Matheson & Kent Grote, 2004. "In Search of a Fair Bet in the Lottery," Working Papers 0401, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
4. Victor Matheson, 2004. "Economic Multipliers and Mega-Event Analysis," Working Papers 0402, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
5. Victor Matheson, 2004. "The Effects of Labor Strikes on Consumer Demand: A Re-examination of Major League Baseball," Working Papers 0405, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
6. Victor Matheson, 2004. "Is Smaller Better? A Comment on "Comparative Economic Impact Analyses" by Michael Mondello and Patrick Rishe," Working Papers 0407, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
7. Victor Matheson & Kent Grote, 2004. "Dueling Jackpots: Are Competing Lotto Games Complements or Substitutes?," Working Papers 0406, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
8. Robert Baade & Victor Matheson, 2004. "The Quest for the Cup: Assessing the Economic Impact of the World Cup," IASE Conference Papers 0406, International Association of Sports Economists.

2003

1. Robert Hoffmann & Lee Chew Ging & Bala Ramasamy & Victor Matheson, 2003. "Comparing the Socio-Economic Determinants of Men's and Women's International Soccer Performance," CEABuR Working Papers 1, Centre for Europe-Asia Business Research. [Downloadable!]
2. Robert Baumann, 2003. "Determinants of Appalachia's Persistent Poverty," Working Papers 0301, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2000

1. Robert Baade & Victor Matheson, 2000. "Bidding for the Olympics: Fools Gold?," IASE Conference Papers 0007, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]

1999

1. Robert Baade & Victor Matheson, 1999. "An assessment of the economic impact of the american football championship, the Superbowl, on host communities," IASE Conference Papers 9903, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]

Journal articles

2009

1. Victor Matheson, 2009. "Economic Multipliers and Mega-Event Analysis," International Journal of Sport Finance, Fitness Information Technology, vol. 4(1), pages 63-70, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Victor Matheson, 2009. "Alternative methods of calculating optimal timber rotations: a critique of the Stokey/Lucas/Prescott tree-cutting problem," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 16(10), pages 1079-1081. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Boyle, Melissa A. & Matheson, Victor A., 2009. "Determinants of the distribution of congressional earmarks across states," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 104(2), pages 63-65, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2008

1. Robert A. Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor A. Matheson, 2008. "Selling the Game: Estimating the Economic Impact of Professional Sports through Taxable Sales," Southern Economic Journal, Southern Economic Association, vol. 74(3), pages 794-810, January.
2. Victor Matheson, 2008. "Book Review: The Economics of Staging the Olympics: A Comparison of the Games 1972-2008, by Holger Preuss," International Journal of Sport Finance, Fitness Information Technology, vol. 3(1), pages 74-76, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Engelhardt, Bryan & Rocheteau, Guillaume & Rupert, Peter, 2008. "Crime and the labor market: A search model with optimal contracts," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 92(10-11), pages 1876-1891, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2007

1. Matheson, Victor A., 2007. "Research note: Athletic graduation rates and Simpson's Paradox," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 26(4), pages 516-520, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Kent Grote & Victor Matheson, 2007. "Examining the 'Halo Effect' in lotto games," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 14(4-6), pages 307-310. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Robert A. Baade & Victor A. Matheson, 2007. "Professional Sports, Hurricane Katrina, And The Economic Redevelopment Of New Orleans," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 25(4), pages 591-603, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Victor Matheson & Kent Grote, 2007. "Gamblers' Love for Variety and Substitution among Lotto Games," Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, University of Buckingham Press, vol. 1(2), pages 85-99, June. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Kent Grote & Victor Matheson, 2006. "Dueling Jackpots: Are Competing Lotto Games Complements or Substitutes?," Atlantic Economic Journal, International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 34(1), pages 85-100, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Victor A. Matheson, 2006. "The effects of labour strikes on consumer demand in professional sports: revisited," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 38(10), pages 1173-1179, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Robert Hoffmann & Lee Chew Ging & Victor Matheson & Bala Ramasamy, 2006. "International women's football and gender inequality," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 13(15), pages 999-1001, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Kent R. Grote & Victor A. Matheson, 2006. "In Search of a Fair Bet in the Lottery," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 32(4), pages 673-684, Fall. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Matheson, Victor A. & Grote, Kent R., 2004. "Lotto fever: do lottery players act rationally around large jackpots?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 83(2), pages 233-237, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Victor A. Matheson & Robert A. Baade, 2004. "'Death effect' on collectible prices," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 36(11), pages 1151-1155, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Robert Baade & Victor Matheson, 2004. "The Quest for the Cup: Assessing the Economic Impact of the World Cup," Regional Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 38(4), pages 343-354, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Victor A. Matheson & Robert A. Baade, 2004. "Mega-Sporting Events In Developing Nations: Playing The Way To Prosperity?," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 72(5), pages 1085-1096, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. Victor Matheson, 2001. "When Are State Lotteries a Good Bet (Revisited)?," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 27(1), pages 55-70, Winter. [Downloadable!]

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