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BOOKS Stumbling
on Wins The
Wages of Wins
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Berri,
David J. and Martin B. Schmidt. 2010 Stumbling on Wins: Two
Economists Explore the Pitfalls on the Road to Victory in Professional Sports.
Financial Times Press (Princeton, N.J.) Prominent Discussions of Stumbling on Wins: Abbott, Henry. (2010). “The Robots are Coming, and They’re
Cranky” ESPN.com. (March 17) http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/14349/the-robots-are-coming-and-theyre-cranky
Van Riper, Tom (2010). “Is LeBron Really the Best?”
Forbes.com. (May 5) http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/05/sports-economics-lebron-james-business-sports-beliefs.html Feschuk, Dave. “Changing NBA
Coaches Mostly Pointless, Report Claim.” Toronto Star (May 18) Berri, David J., Martin B. Schmidt, and Stacey L. Brook.
2006. The Wages of Wins: Taking Measure of the Many Myths in Modern
Sport. Stanford University Press. Released in
paperback in September, 2007. Named by the Industrial Relations Section at
Princeton University as a Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics for
2006 Prominent Discussions of The Wages of Wins: Gladwell, Malcolm. 2006. “Game
Theory: When it comes to athletic prowess, don't believe your eyes.” The New Yorker (May
29): 86-87. Nocera,
Joe. 2006. “Sportonomics Beguiles 3 Economists” The
New York Times. (June 24). Friedman, Dick. 2006. “Book Review: The Wages of
Wins - Adam Smith, meet Joe Smith.” SportsIllustrated.com
[sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/scorecard/06/29/book.review/index.html]. Published Research in Academic Journals Berri, David J., Rob Simmons, Jennifer Van Gilder, and Lisle O’Neill.
(2011) “What does it mean to find the Face of the Franchise? Physical
Attractiveness and the Evaluation of Athletic Performance.” Economics Letters.111: 200-202. Simmons, Rob and
David J. Berri (2011). “Mixing the Princes and the Paupers:
Pay and Performance in the National Basketball Association.” Labour Economics. 18, n3; (June).
381-388. Robst, John, Jennifer VanGilder, Corrine Coates, and David J. Berri. (2011). “Skin Tone and Wages: Evidence from NBA
Free Agents” Journal of Sports
Economics. 12, n2; (April). 143-156. Robst, John, Jennifer Van Gilder, David J. Berri,
and Coby Vance. (2011) “Defense
Win Championships? The Answer from the Gridiron.” International Journal of Sport
Finance, 5: 296-313 Berri, David J., Stacey L. Brook, and Aju Fenn (2011). “From College to the Pros: Predicting
the NBA Amateur Player Draft.” Journal of Productivity Analysis, 35, n1: 25-35, February. Berri, David J. and Rob Simmons. (2011) “Catching a Draft: On the Process
of Selecting Quarterbacks in the National Football League Amateur Draft.”
Journal of Productivity Analysis, 35, n1: 37-49, February. Price, Joseph, Brian Soebbing,
David Berri, Brad Humphreys (2010). “Tournament
Incentives, League Policy, and NBA Team Performance Revisited.” Journal of Sports Economics. 11, n2; (April). 117-135. Berri, David J. and Stacey Brook (2010). “On the Evaluation of the “Most
Important” Position in Professional Sports.” Journal of Sports Economics. 11, n2; (April): 157-171. Berri, David J. and J.C. Bradbury
(2010). “Working in the Land of Metricians.” Journal of Sports Economics, 11, n1; (February). Berri, David J. and Rob
Simmons. (2009) “Catching a Draft: On the Process of Selecting Quarterbacks
in the National Football League Amateur Draft.” Journal of Productivity Analysis. On-line citation: DOI 10.1007/s11123-009-0154-6 (available in print
in 2011). Krautmann, Anthony, Peter Von Allmen, and David J. Berri.
(2009) “The Underpayment of Restricted Players in North American Sports
Leagues.” International Journal of Sport Finance, 4, n3; (August): 155-169. Berri, David J., Michael
Leeds, Eva Marikova Leeds, and Michael Mondello (2009).”The Role of Managers in Team
Performance.” International Journal of Sport Finance, 4, n2; (May): 75-93. Simmons, Rob
and David J. Berri. (2009) “Does it Always Pay to
Specialize? The Story from the Gridiron.” Review of Industrial Organization, 34, n1; (February): 81-98. Berri, David J. and Rob Simmons. (2009). “Race and the Evaluation of Signal
Callers in the National Football League.” Journal of Sports Economics, 10, n1; (February): 23-43 Fort, Rodney, Young Hoon, Lee, and David J. Berri.
(2008) “Race and Coaching Efficiency in the NBA.” International Journal of Sport
Finance, 3, n2; (May): 84-96 Lee, Young Hoon
and David J. Berri. (2008) “A Re-Examination of
Production Functions and Efficiency Estimates for the National Basketball
Association.” Scottish Journal of Political
Economy,55, n1; (February): 51-66. Berri, David J., Stacey L. Brook, and Martin B. Schmidt. (2007) “Does One
Simply Need to Score to Score?” International Journal of Sport
Finance, 2, n4; (November): 190-205. Krautmann, Anthony and David J. Berri. (2007). “Can We
Find It at the Concessions? Understanding Price Elasticity in Professional
Sports.” Journal of Sports Economics,8, n2;
(April):183-91. Berri, David J., and Martin B. Schmidt. (2006). “On the Road with the
National Basketball Association’s Superstar Externality.” Journal of Sports Economics,7, n4;
(November): 347-358. Berri, David J., and Anthony Krautmann. (2006).
"Shirking on the Court: Testing for the Dis-Incentive Effects of
Guaranteed Pay." Economic Inquiry. 44, n3; (July): 536-546 Schmidt, Martin B.
and David J. Berri.(2006)
“What Takes Them Out to the Ball Game?” Journal
of Sports Economics,
7, n2; (May): 222-233. Schmidt,
Martin B. and David J. Berri. (2005) “Concentration
of Playing Talent: Evolution in Major League Baseball.” Journal
of Sports Economics,
6, n4; (November): 412-419. Berri, David J., Stacey L. Brook, Aju Fenn, Bernd Frick, and
Roberto Vicente-Mayoral. (2005). “The Short Supply of Tall People: Explaining
Competitive Imbalance in the National Basketball Association.” Journal
of Economics Issues,
v39, n4; (December): 1029-1041. Berri, David J. and Erick Eschker. (2005). “Performance When It Counts? The Myth of
the Prime-Time Performer in the NBA. Journal
of Economics Issues,
v39, n3; (September): 798-807. Schmidt, Martin B.
and David J. Berri. (2004). “Another Look at
Competition: A Regime Switching Approach. Applied
Economics,
36: 2453-2460. Schmidt,
Martin B. and David J. Berri.(2004).
“Convergence and Clustering in Major League Baseball: The Haves and Haves
Not?” Berri, David J. and Todd Jewell. (2004).
“Wage Inequality and Firm Performance: Examining a Natural Experiment from
Professional Basketball.” Schmidt,
Martin B. and David J. Berri.(2004).
“The Impact of Labor Strikes on Consumer Demand: An Application to
Professional Sports.” American
Economic Review,
94, n.1: March: 344-357. Berri, David J., Martin B. Schmidt, and
Stacey L. Brook.(2004). “Stars At The Gate:
The Impact of Star Power on NBA Gate Revenues” Schmidt,
Martin B. and David J. Berri. (2003). “On the
Evolution of Competitive Balance: The Impact of an Increasing Global Search.”
Economic
Inquiry,
41, n4; October: 692-704. Cutler,
Harvey, David J. Berri and Terutomo
Ozawa. (2003). “Market Recycling in Labor-Intensive Goods, Flying-Geese
Style: An
Empirical Analysis of East Asian Exports to the U.S.” Journal
of Asian Economics
14, n1; February: 35-50. Berri, David J. and Martin B. Schmidt.
(2002). “Instrumental vs. Bounded Rationality: The
Case of Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association.” Schmidt,
Martin B. and David J. Berri. (2002). “Competitive
Balance and Market Size in Major League Baseball: A
Response to Baseball’s Blue Ribbon Panel.” Review
of Industrial Organization, 21, n1; August: 41-54. Schmidt,
Martin B. and David J. Berri. (2002). “The Impact
of the 1981 and 1994-95 Strikes on Major League Baseball Attendance: A
Time-Series Analysis.” Schmidt,
Martin B. and David J. Berri. (2001). “Competitive
Balance and Attendance: The Case of Major League Baseball.” Berri, David J. and
Christopher R. Adams. (2000). “The Social and Economic Impact of Weather Information:
A Case Study of the Surface Transportation
Industries”; Berri, David J. (1999). “Who is Most
Valuable? Measuring the Player’s Production of Wins in the National
Basketball Association.” Managerial
and Decision Economics, 20, n8; Fall: 411-427. Berri, David J. and Terutomo
Ozawa.(1997). "Pax
Americana and Asian Exports: Revealed Trends of Comparative Advantage
Recycling." Additional manuscripts published Berri, David J. (2012).
“Measuring Performance in the National Basketball Association.” in
The Handbook of Sports Economics, eds. Stephen Shmanske
and Leo Kahane; Oxford University Press Berri, David. J, Brad R.
Humphreys, and Rob Simmons. (2012) “Valuing the Blind Side: Pay and
Performance of Offensive Lineman in the NFL.” in The Econometrics
of Sport, eds. P. Rodriguez and J. Garcia; Edward Elgar Press. Berri, David and Brian
Burke. (2012). “Measuring Performance in the NFL.” in The Economics of
the National Football League: The State of the Art, ed. Kevin Quinn;
Springer Publisher: 137-158. Berri, David J and Ryan Rodenberg.
(2011). “Crime and Punishment in the NBA” in
Violence and Aggression in Sporting Contests: Economics, History and
Policy, ed. R. Todd Jewell; Springer Publishers: 65-78 Berri, David J.
(2008) “A Simple Measure of Worker
Productivity in the National Basketball Association.” in The Business of Sport; eds. Brad
Humphreys and Dennis Howard, 3 volumes, Westport, Conn.: Praeger:
1-40. Berri, David J.(2007).
“Back to Back Evaluation on the Gridiron.” In
Statistical Thinking in Sport; eds. James H. Albert and Ruud H. Koning, Chapman & Hall/CRC: 235-256. Berri, David. J. (2006). “Labor Economics
on the Hardwood: the NBA.” in
Handbook on the Economics of Sport; eds. Wladimir
Andreff and Stefan Szymanski; Edward Elgar Publishing
Limited: 523-529. Berri, David J. (2006) “Economics and the
National Basketball Association: Surveying the Literature at the Tip-off.” in
The Handbook of Sports Economics Research; edited by John Fizel; M.E. Sharpe, Inc.: 21-48 Berri, David J. (2004) “Is There a Short
Supply of Tall People in the College Game?” in Economics of Collegiate Sports; eds. John Fizel and Rodney Fort; Praeger
Publishers: 211-223. Berri, David J. and Stacey L. Brook.
(1999). “Trading Players in the National Basketball Association: For Better
or Worse?" Writing for
Popular Press Berri, David J. “ Do Pretty-Boy Quarterbacks Make More Money?” The New York Times:Play
Magazine (September
14, 2008). Berri, David J. “Big Things Poppin’: Why the Kevin Garnett Trade Virtually Guarantees
the Celtics 50 Wins This Season.” VIBE
Magazine (November,
2007):106. Berri, David J. “The Short Supply of
Competitive Balance.” Keeping
Score Column for The New York Times (May 6, 2007). Berri, David J. “The Wages of Wins: The
Price of a Jump Shot in the NBA.” Yale
Economic Review.
(Winter, 2007). Berri, David J. “Star Power Can Leave Home
Fans with Empty Feeling.” Keeping
Score Column for The New York Times (February 18, 2007). Berri, David J. “To Get a Grip on
Turnovers, Follow the Bouncing Ball.” Keeping
Score Column for The New York Times (September 10, 2006). Berri, David J. “The
N.B.A. Secret Superstars” invited op-ed for The New
York Times (June 10, 2006). Originally written April 11, 2006 (updated
February 10, 2010) As
I compiled this list a thought came to me.
Much of this research employs the productivity data generated in
sports to tell stories about people who bring us the games we love. I
thought it might be interesting to look at the story my productivity data tells.
Okay, this is probably only interesting to me and if you found this essay
tucked away here at the bottom of this page.... well, you probably need to
get back to work or find something more entertaining to occupy your
time. Of
course, now that your here, let’s walk through the data. If we count the
forthcoming work, I currently have 32 papers published in refereed journals.
I received my Ph.D. in the summer of 1997, so I have published about 2.5
papers per year over the course of my career. Is that good or bad? In
the past I worked on research with Abbas Grammy at Cal-State Bakersfield
(where I used to work) examining the quantity of research produced by
economists in the California State University system. Our research
indicated that on average an economist employed at the many campuses in the
California State University system publishes one paper every three years in
refereed journals. Every three years I publish seven to eight papers, so
relative to my peers in the Cal-State system, I am a bit more
productive. Steve Levitt, co-author of Freakonomics,
publishes five papers every year, or fifteen papers
every three years. So relative to him... well, I get to make excuses
for why I am not so productive. As we state in the book, good or bad depends
upon your point of reference. So if I ignore the amazing productivity
of Steve Levitt and economists like him, I can sort of feel good about
myself. Beyond
my publication rate, we can also see that virtually all of my work is
co-authored. Over the course of my career I have published research with 19
different writers, with Martin Schmidt being my most frequent
collaborator. In all, Marty and I have published 13 papers
together. One can look at this as I work well with others, or lack the
skills to complete projects by myself. I like the “works well with
others” story, although my many co-authors might play up the “lacking skills”
angle. One
final issue is who publishes the academic work I write. We economists
love to rank journals – actually we love to rank everything, but that is
another story -- and most rankings would rate my one publication in The
American Economic Review and my two papers in Economic Inquiry as
my best. Of my remaining 29 papers in refereed journals, ten have
appeared have appeared in the Journal of Sports Economics. My
remaining nineteen publications have appeared in twelve different
journals. Not sure what story that stat tells. There are more
than 400 journals in economics, so apparently I have some writing to do if I
am going to land in all of these. |
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