Joel Potter
Biographic Data
| ID | 3619871 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joel Potter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joel |
| FAMILY NAME | Potter |
| SIGNATURE | POTTER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2307-2675 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Wins, Profit, or Nothing? Decomposing Productive Inputs to Understand Firm Maximization
Traditional explanations of Major League Baseball (MLB) historical episodes (e.g., designated hitter rule introduction; lowering of mound; steroid era) tend to presume that attendance (gate demand) is positively impacted by increased league-wide offense. Previous economics studies find some supporting evidence. We employ concepts related to the relatively advanced concept of Wins Above Replacement (WAR) to test these findings. Using WAR component…
F1 v. IndyCar in the Technological Competition for Race-Speed Supremacy
This note utilizes a unique shared-course natural experiment to compare speeds of the world’s two fastest full-course auto-racing formats, Formula One (F1) and IndyCar, continuously at each point of the shared course. Unlike previous literature, which estimates average speed differences across the whole shared course, the present study produces generalized additive model (GAM) heat-map estimates of speed-differentials at each point of the course …
F1 Versus Indy
This study utilizes a unique shared-course environment to compare the average speeds of the world's two fastest auto racing formats, Formula One (F1) and IndyCar. These two racing circuits are distinct in terms of their places of origin, where in the world they typically source drivers and hold races, and the locations of their respective fan bases. Though F1 and IndyCar, cars share several common physical characteristics, their engines, chassis,…
The Economics of an Aging Superstar's Popularity
This paper explores how a sports superstar's popularity aged by utilizing 28 years of Nielsen television viewer data for the Professional Golf Association's major events (i.e., the Masters, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and the British Open; 1995-2022). Tiger Woods' major career has spanned this precise time frame, as his first major event was the 1995 Masters and his last major in which he made the cut was the 2022 Masters (at the time of this wr…
Informed voters and electoral outcomes
Reference group inequality, positional goods, and their impact on subjective well-being
Using the 2013 Turkish Life Satisfaction Survey, we investigate two hypotheses that are novel to the happiness literature. The first of these hypotheses is that income dispersion/inequality within an individual’s reference group has a negative effect on happiness, ceteris paribus; we find evidence to support this hypothesis. The second hypothesis is that housing is a positional good that has a negative positional externality; we find evidence to …
Informed voters and electoral outcomes
Reference group inequality, positional goods, and their impact on subjective well-being
Using the 2013 Turkish Life Satisfaction Survey, we investigate two hypotheses that are novel to the happiness literature. The first of these hypotheses is that income dispersion/inequality within an individual’s reference group has a negative effect on happiness, ceteris paribus; we find evidence to support this hypothesis. The second hypothesis is that housing is a positional good that has a negative positional externality; we find evidence to …
The Economics of an Aging Superstar's Popularity
This paper explores how a sports superstar's popularity aged by utilizing 28 years of Nielsen television viewer data for the Professional Golf Association's major events (i.e., the Masters, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and the British Open; 1995-2022). Tiger Woods' major career has spanned this precise time frame, as his first major event was the 1995 Masters and his last major in which he made the cut was the 2022 Masters (at the time of this wr…
F1 v. IndyCar in the Technological Competition for Race-Speed Supremacy
This note utilizes a unique shared-course natural experiment to compare speeds of the world’s two fastest full-course auto-racing formats, Formula One (F1) and IndyCar, continuously at each point of the shared course. Unlike previous literature, which estimates average speed differences across the whole shared course, the present study produces generalized additive model (GAM) heat-map estimates of speed-differentials at each point of the course …
F1 Versus Indy
This study utilizes a unique shared-course environment to compare the average speeds of the world's two fastest auto racing formats, Formula One (F1) and IndyCar. These two racing circuits are distinct in terms of their places of origin, where in the world they typically source drivers and hold races, and the locations of their respective fan bases. Though F1 and IndyCar, cars share several common physical characteristics, their engines, chassis,…
Wins, Profit, or Nothing? Decomposing Productive Inputs to Understand Firm Maximization
Traditional explanations of Major League Baseball (MLB) historical episodes (e.g., designated hitter rule introduction; lowering of mound; steroid era) tend to presume that attendance (gate demand) is positively impacted by increased league-wide offense. Previous economics studies find some supporting evidence. We employ concepts related to the relatively advanced concept of Wins Above Replacement (WAR) to test these findings. Using WAR component…
Economics (3 works) · Natural experiment (3 works) · Sports Analytics and Performance (3 works) · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (2 works) · League (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · Aerodynamics (1 work) · Aggregate (composite) (1 work)