Stefan Szymanski
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First Name: Stefan
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Last Name: Szymanski
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Postal Address: Dept of Kinesiology University of Michigan 3118 Observatory Lodge 1402 Washington Heights Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2013
Phone: 1 734 647 0950
Affiliation
(in no particular order)Department of Kinesiology, University of Michigan
Homepage: http://www.kines.umich.edu/
Location: Ann ArborCass Business School
Location: London, United Kingdom
City University
Homepage: http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/
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Postal: 106 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TZ
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Works
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Working papers
- Georgios Kavetsos & Stefan Szymanski, 2008.
"National Wellbeing and International Sports Events,"
Working Papers
0804, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Kavetsos, Georgios & Szymanski, Stefan, 2010. "National well-being and international sports events," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 158-171, April.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2006.
"The Champions League and the Coase Theorem,"
Working Papers
0617, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2007. "The Champions League And The Coase Theorem," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 54(3), pages 355-373, 07.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2006. "Tilting the Playing Field: Why a sports league planner would choose less, not more, competitive balance," Working Papers 0620, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2006. "Competitive balance in sports leagues and the paradox of power," Working Papers 0618, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2006.
"Teaching competition in professional sports leagues,"
Working Papers
0602, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2006. "Teaching competition in professional sports leagues," IASE Conference Papers 0647, International Association of Sports Economists.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2006. "A Theory of the Evolution of Modern Sport," Working Papers 0630, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Kevin Alavy & Alison Gaskell & Stephanie Leach & Stefan Szymanski, 2006.
"On the Edge of Your Seat: Demand for Football on Television and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis,"
Working Papers
0631, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Kevin Alavy & Alison Gaskell & Stephanie Leach & Stefan Szymanski, 2010. "On the Edge of Your Seat: Demand for Football on Television and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis," International Journal of Sport Finance, Fitness Information Technology, vol. 5(2), pages 75-95, May.
- Pedro Garcia-del-Barrio & Stefan Szymanski, 2006. "Goal! Profit maximization and win maximization in football leagues," Working Papers 0621, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Stefan Szymanski & Stephanie Leach, 2006. "Tilting the Playing Field (Why a sports league planner would choose less, not more, competitive balance): The case of English Football," Working Papers 0619, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Szymanski, Stefan & Valletti, Tommaso, 2005.
"Parallel Trade, International Exhaustion and Intellectual Property Rights: A Welfare Analysis,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
5022, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Tommaso Valletti & Stefan Szymanski, 2006. "Parallel Trade, International Exhaustion and Intellectual Property Rights: A Welfare Analysis," CEIS Research Paper 75, Tor Vergata University, CEIS.
- Szymanski, Stefan & Valletti, Tommaso, 2004. "First and Second Prizes in Imperfectly Discriminating Contests," CEPR Discussion Papers 4484, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Késenne Stefan & Szymanski S., 2003.
"Competitive balance and gate revenue sharing in team sports,"
Working Papers
2003003, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics.
- Stefan Szymanski & Stefan KÈsenne, 2004. "Competitive balance and gate revenue sharing in team sports," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(1), pages 165-177, 03.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2003. "Why Have Premium Sports Rights Migrated to Pay-TV in Europe but not in the US?," IASE Conference Papers 0308, International Association of Sports Economists.
- Szymanski, Stefan, 2002. "Competitive Balance and Income Redistribution in Team Sports," Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2002 173, Royal Economic Society.
- Carlos Barros & Muradali Ibrahimo & Stefan Szymanski, 2000. "Transatlantic Sport: An Introduction," IASE Conference Papers 0001, International Association of Sports Economists.
- Stefan Szymanski & Ron Smith, 2000. "Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome: Static and Dynamic Competitive Balance in European and North American Sports Leagues," IASE Conference Papers 0006, International Association of Sports Economists.
- Stefan Szymanski, 1999. "Two recent cases relating to broadcasting and football in England," IASE Conference Papers 9913, International Association of Sports Economists.
- Andres Gomez-Lobo & Stefan Szymanski, 1997. "A Law of Large numbers: Bidding and competitive tendering for refuse collection contracts," IFS Working Papers W97/09, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Articles
- Kavetsos, Georgios & Szymanski, Stefan, 2010.
"National well-being and international sports events,"
Journal of Economic Psychology,
Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 158-171, April.
- Georgios Kavetsos & Stefan Szymanski, 2008. "National Wellbeing and International Sports Events," Working Papers 0804, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2010. "The Financial Crisis and English Football: The Dog That Will Not Bark," International Journal of Sport Finance, Fitness Information Technology, vol. 5(1), pages 28-40, February.
- Kevin Alavy & Alison Gaskell & Stephanie Leach & Stefan Szymanski, 2010.
"On the Edge of Your Seat: Demand for Football on Television and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis,"
International Journal of Sport Finance,
Fitness Information Technology, vol. 5(2), pages 75-95, May.
- Kevin Alavy & Alison Gaskell & Stephanie Leach & Stefan Szymanski, 2006. "On the Edge of Your Seat: Demand for Football on Television and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis," Working Papers 0631, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Pedro Garcia-del-Barrio & Stefan Szymanski, 2009. "Goal! Profit Maximization Versus Win Maximization in Soccer," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer, vol. 34(1), pages 45-68, February.
- Georgios Kavetsos & Stefan Szymanski, 2009. "From the Olympics to the grassroots: What will London 2012 mean for sport funding and participation in Britain?," Public Policy Review, Institute for Public Policy Research, vol. 16(3), pages 192-196.
- Georgios Kavetsos & Stefan Szymanski, 2008. "Olympic Games, Terrorism and their Impact on the London and Paris Stock Exchanges," Revue d'économie politique, Dalloz, vol. 0(2), pages 189-206.
- Stefan Szymanski & Stephen F. Ross, 2007. "Governance And Vertical Integration In Team Sports," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 25(4), pages 616-626, October.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2007. "The Economics of Sport: An International Perspective. By ROBERT SANDY, PETER J. SLOANE and MARK S. ROSENTRAUB," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 74(294), pages 376-378, 05.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2007.
"The Champions League And The Coase Theorem,"
Scottish Journal of Political Economy,
Scottish Economic Society, vol. 54(3), pages 355-373, 07.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2006. "The Champions League and the Coase Theorem," Working Papers 0617, International Association of Sports Economists & North American Association of Sports Economists.
- Tommaso M. Valletti & Stefan Szymanski, 2006. "PARALLEL TRADE, INTERNATIONAL EXHAUSTION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: A WELFARE ANALYSIS -super-* ," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(4), pages 499-526, December.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2006. "The Economic Evolution of Sport and Broadcasting," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 39(4), pages 428-434, December.
- Szymanski, Stefan & Valletti, Tommaso M., 2005. "Incentive effects of second prizes," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 21(2), pages 467-481, June.
- Stefan Szymanski & Tommaso M. Valletti, 2005. "Promotion and Relegation in Sporting Contests," Rivista di Politica Economica, SIPI Spa, vol. 95(3), pages 3-39, May-June.
- Stefan Szymanski & Tommaso Valletti, 2005. "Parallel trade, price discrimination, investment and price caps," Economic Policy, CEPR & CES & MSH, vol. 20(44), pages 705-749, October.
- David Forrest & Rob Simmons & Stefan Szymanski, 2004. "Broadcasting, Attendance and the Inefficiency of Cartels," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer, vol. 24(3), pages 243-265, 05.
- Stefan Szymanski & Stefan KÈsenne, 2004.
"Competitive balance and gate revenue sharing in team sports,"
Journal of Industrial Economics,
Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(1), pages 165-177, 03.
- Késenne Stefan & Szymanski S., 2003. "Competitive balance and gate revenue sharing in team sports," Working Papers 2003003, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics.
- Luigi Buzzacchi & Stefan Szymanski & Tommaso Valletti, 2003. "Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome: Open Leagues, Closed Leagues and Competitive Balance *#We thank the Editor and an anonymous referee for helpful comments," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 3(3), pages 167-186, September.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2003. "The Assessment: The Economics of Sport," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 19(4), pages 467-477, Winter.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2003. "The Economic Design of Sporting Contests," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 41(4), pages 1137-1187, December.
- Stephen Hall & Stefan Szymanski & Andrew S. Zimbalist, 2002. "Testing the Causality between Team Performance and Payroll: The Cases of Major League Baseball and English Soccer," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 3(2), pages 149-168, May.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2002. "The Economic Impact of the World Cup," World Economics, World Economics, Economic & Financial Publishing, PO Box 69, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, RG9 1GB, vol. 3(1), pages 169-177, January.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2002. "The Promotion Test," World Economics, World Economics, Economic & Financial Publishing, PO Box 69, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, RG9 1GB, vol. 3(2), pages 171-183, April.
- Stefan Szymanski & Stephen Ross, 2001. "Promotion and Relegation," World Economics, World Economics, Economic & Financial Publishing, PO Box 69, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, RG9 1GB, vol. 2(2), pages 179-189, April.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2001. "Up for the Cup," World Economics, World Economics, Economic & Financial Publishing, PO Box 69, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, RG9 1GB, vol. 2(4), pages 175-183, October.
- AndréS GóMez-Lobo & Stefan Szymanski, 2001. "A Law of Large Numbers: Bidding and Compulsory Competitive Tendering for Refuse Collection Contracts," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer, vol. 18(1), pages 105-113, February.
- Szymanski, Stefan, 2001. "Economics of Sport: Introduction," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 111(469), pages F1-3, February.
- Szymanski, Stefan, 2001. "Income Inequality, Competitive Balance and the Attractiveness of Team Sports: Some Evidence and a Natural Experiment from English Soccer," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 111(469), pages F69-84, February.
- Bivand, Roger & Szymanski, Stefan, 2000. "Modelling the spatial impact of the introduction of Compulsory Competitive Tendering," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(2), pages 203-219, March.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2000. "The Political Economy of Sport," World Economics, World Economics, Economic & Financial Publishing, PO Box 69, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, RG9 1GB, vol. 1(2), pages 101-109, April.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2000. "A Market Test for Discrimination in the English Professional Soccer Leagues," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 108(3), pages 590-603, June.
- Stefan Szymanski, 2000. "The Market for Olympic Gold Medals," World Economics, World Economics, Economic & Financial Publishing, PO Box 69, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, RG9 1GB, vol. 1(4), pages 207-214, October.
- Preston, Ian & Szymanski, Stefan, 2000. "Racial Discrimination in English Football," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 47(4), pages 342-63, September.
- Thomas Hoehn & Stefan Szymanski, 1999. "The Americanization of European football," Economic Policy, CEPR & CES & MSH, vol. 14(28), pages 203-240, 04.
- Stefan Szymanski & Ron Smith, 1997. "The English Football Industry: profit, performance and industrial structure," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 135-153.
- Stefan Szymanski, 1997. "Beaten in the race for the ball: Black footballers get paid less than they are worth, and football suffers," New Economy, Institute for Public Policy Research, vol. 4(4), pages 212-217, December.
- Powell, Kirsty & Szymanski, Stefan, 1997. "Regulation through comparative performance evaluation," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 6(4), pages 293-301, December.
- Bivand, Roger & Szymanski, Stefan, 1997. "Spatial dependence through local yardstick competition:: theory and testing," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 55(2), pages 257-265, August.
- Szymanski, Stefan, 1996. "Making Hay While the Sun Shines," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(1), pages 1-16, March.
- Stefan Szymanski, 1996. "The impact of compulsory competitive tendering on refuse collection services," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 17(3), pages 1-19, August.
- Szymanski, Stefan, 1995. "Rational pricing strategies in the cross channel market," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 2(3), pages 169-177, July.
- Ron Smith & Stefan Szymanski, 1995. "Executive Pay and Performance: The Empirical Importance of the Participation Constraint," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 2(3), pages 485-495.
- Stefan Szymanski, 1994. "CCT: a clean solution?: Compulsory tendering may save local government, not destroy it," New Economy, Institute for Public Policy Research, vol. 1(2), pages 89-94, 06.
- Szymanski, Stefan, 1994. "Strategic delegation with endogenous costs : A duopoly with wage bargaining," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 12(1), pages 105-116, March.
- Haskel, Jonathan & Szymanski, Stefan, 1993. "Privatization, Liberalization, Wages and Employment: Theory and Evidence for the UK," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 60(238), pages 161-81, May.
- Szymanski, Stefan, 1993. "Microeconomic contributions to strategic management: J. Thepot and R.-A. Thietart, eds.,North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1991," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 11(2), pages 294-296, June.
- Stefan Szymanski, 1993. "Cheap rubbish? Competitive tendering and contracting out in refuse collection, 1981-88," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 14(3), pages 109-30, August.
NEP Fields
12 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):- NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (3) 2005-01-02 2006-06-10 2006-11-25 Author is listed
- NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (1) 2006-06-10
- NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2008-08-14
- NEP-HIS: Business, Economic & Financial History (2) 2006-10-14 2007-01-14
- NEP-INT: International Trade (2) 2005-06-14 2006-11-25
- NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (3) 2002-07-17 2006-06-10 2007-02-03 Author is listed
- NEP-SPO: Sports & Economics (9) 2005-01-02 2006-06-10 2006-10-14 2006-10-14 2006-10-14 2006-10-14 2007-01-14 2007-02-03 2008-08-14 Author is listed
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- Stefan Szymanski, 2003. "The Economic Design of Sporting Contests," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 41(4), pages 1137-1187, December.
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- Stefan Szymanski, 2002. "The Economic Impact of the World Cup," World Economics, World Economics, Economic & Financial Publishing, PO Box 69, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, RG9 1GB, vol. 3(1), pages 169-177, January.
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