Kenneth G Stewart
Biographic Data
| ID | 8880247 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth G Stewart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth G |
| FAMILY NAME | Stewart |
| SIGNATURE | STEWART K G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7575-3264 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Competition within a Cartel: League Conduct and Team Conduct in the Market for Baseball Player Services
A model of major league baseball is developed which distinguishes between league behavior and individual team behavior. The league is viewed as setting rules that restrict the team's willingness to pay and/or impose costs on the transfer of players between teams. Given these rules, teams then compete for player services. The model is estimated and tested. The evidence suggests that the restrictive effect of league rules on player salaries decline…
From the Arena Into the Streets: Hockey Violence, Economic Incentives and Public Policy
The hypothesis that there is a positive relationship betweenviolenceand gameattendancein the NationalHockeyLeague is tested; and the implications of the results for policies aimed at rectifying the violence considered. The empirical analysis, which is based principally on game by game data for the 1989/90 season, confirms the positive relationship, although it occurs mainly in American, not Canadian, cities. Since there is an incentive forteamsto…
Blood Sports and Cherry Pie: Some Economics of Violence in the National Hockey League
The results are reported of empirically testing two hypotheses relating to violence in a professional team sport: one, that hockey fans have a taste for violence (bockey is a "blood sport") so that, in general, game attendance and violence in the National Hockey League are positively related; and two, more specifically, that the more extreme degrees of violence are positively associated with American, not Canadian, attendance. The data are game b…
From the Arena Into the Streets: Hockey Violence, Economic Incentives and Public Policy
The hypothesis that there is a positive relationship betweenviolenceand gameattendancein the NationalHockeyLeague is tested; and the implications of the results for policies aimed at rectifying the violence considered. The empirical analysis, which is based principally on game by game data for the 1989/90 season, confirms the positive relationship, although it occurs mainly in American, not Canadian, cities. Since there is an incentive forteamsto…
Blood Sports and Cherry Pie: Some Economics of Violence in the National Hockey League
The results are reported of empirically testing two hypotheses relating to violence in a professional team sport: one, that hockey fans have a taste for violence (bockey is a "blood sport") so that, in general, game attendance and violence in the National Hockey League are positively related; and two, more specifically, that the more extreme degrees of violence are positively associated with American, not Canadian, attendance. The data are game b…
Blood Sports and Cherry Pie: Some Economics of Violence in the National Hockey League
The results are reported of empirically testing two hypotheses relating to violence in a professional team sport: one, that hockey fans have a taste for violence (bockey is a "blood sport") so that, in general, game attendance and violence in the National Hockey League are positively related; and two, more specifically, that the more extreme degrees of violence are positively associated with American, not Canadian, attendance. The data are game b…
From the Arena Into the Streets: Hockey Violence, Economic Incentives and Public Policy
The hypothesis that there is a positive relationship betweenviolenceand gameattendancein the NationalHockeyLeague is tested; and the implications of the results for policies aimed at rectifying the violence considered. The empirical analysis, which is based principally on game by game data for the 1989/90 season, confirms the positive relationship, although it occurs mainly in American, not Canadian, cities. Since there is an incentive forteamsto…
Competition within a Cartel: League Conduct and Team Conduct in the Market for Baseball Player Services
A model of major league baseball is developed which distinguishes between league behavior and individual team behavior. The league is viewed as setting rules that restrict the team's willingness to pay and/or impose costs on the transfer of players between teams. Given these rules, teams then compete for player services. The model is estimated and tested. The evidence suggests that the restrictive effect of league rules on player salaries decline…
League (3 works) · Sports Analytics and Performance (3 works) · Attendance (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Microeconomics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (2 works)