Equilibrium Price Dynamics in Perishable Goods Markets: The Case of Secondary Markets for Major League Baseball Tickets (PDF; ) Source: NBER Working Paper Series This paper analyzes the dynamics of prices in two online secondary markets for Major League Baseball tickets. Controlling for ticket quality, prices tend to decline significantly as a game approaches. The paper describes and tests alternative theoretical explanations for why this happens in equilibrium, considering the problems of bhttp://www.docuticker.com/?p=23438...

Dear readers, Yet another of the 8,000 Daves I Know, blogger extraordinaire Dave Cameron of USSMariner.com (my favorite team-based baseball blog in the world, with tons of material that goes well beyond Mariner-dom), is up for a prestigious and lucrative scholarship. The 2008 Blogging Scholarship rewards the blogger/student (Dave is getting with BS in Economics at UNC-Greensboro) for the best bloggy work. The winner is based entirely on public vote. Aside from being a great guy, a tirelesshttp://jonahkeri.com/2008/11/10/please-vot...

Recently, I noticed that baseball fans tends to stop watching after their team is out of the running. People who watch the world series are either fans of those two teams, or really hardcore baseball fans. Football fans however, watch the super bowl no matter who is playing. In fact, the super bowl is one of the most watched sporting events. Why is that? Are baseball fans more loyal, or more bitter? Are football fans more inclusive? Do they just like watching the game more? Or, is it just thttp://jonathanarogers.com/2008/10/30/nfl-...

Something strange has happened to me over the last six months. Something I always swore would never happen to me. Something vaguely shameful for a thoroughbred Brit whose very masculinity is defined by an overwhelming desire to eat pie, chips and gravy before watching a footballsoccer match. Reader, I like baseball. I have no idea how this [...]http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/10/22/p...

Bad, bad news out of the Bronx tonight. According to Peter Abraham, Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain was arrested in his home state of Nebraska on suspicion of DUI. It’s too early as of now to see what the fall-out will be, but I will tell you this: it won’t be good. Time for a little rant here. How stupid can you be? First of all, DUI is a serious offense, that goes without saying. Just watch the commericals. But this is what really kills me: Joba Chamberlain is a professional baseballhttp://bigapplesports.net/2008/10/18/joba-...