In an earlier post I noted that baseball and golf were probably my two favorite sports. But for pure excitement and intrigue I must admit that there exists no greater month of sports for me than Fifa’s World Cup. Maybe because it comes around only once every four years. Maybe because nations, rather than individuals […]
Once upon a time I studied international trade. In fact, my dissertation with Terry Ozawa at Colorado State consisted of an examination of trade flows between Asia and the United States. Although I have spent much of my career researching the economics of sports, I still remember a bit of international trade theory. For example, […]
Andrew Gelman, a professor of statistics at Columbia University, has taken an interest in The Wages of Wins. At his blog he posted a few questions concerning the methods we use in our book. Below are his questions with my answers. These were very good questions and hopefully my answers further clarify the methods we […]
June 14, 2006 by dberri
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