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Direct linkAnderson, Michael L. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012
Spending on big-time college athletics is often justified on the grounds that athletic success attracts students and raises donations. Testing this claim has proven difficult because success is not randomly assigned. We exploit data on bookmaker spreads to estimate the probability of winning each game for college football teams. We then condition…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Success, Probability, Team Sports
