Items where Author is "Simmons, R"

Journal Article

Berri, D and Simmons, R (2011) Catching a draft: On the process of selecting quarterbacks in the National Football League amateur draft. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 35 (1). pp. 35-47. ISSN 0895-562X

del Corral, J and Prieto-Rodriguez, J and Simmons, R (2010) The effect of incentives on sabotage: The case of Spanish football. Journal of Sports Economics, 11 (3). pp. 243-260. ISSN 1527-0025

Buraimo, B and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2010) The 12th man? Refereeing bias in English and German soccer. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Statistics in Society, 173 (2). pp. 431-449. ISSN 0964-1998

Simmons, R and Forrest, D and Gulley, O D (2010) The relationship between betting and lottery play: a high frequency time-series analysis. Economic Inquiry, 48 (1). pp. 26-38. ISSN 0095-2583

Buraimo, B and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2009) Insights for clubs from modelling match attendance in football. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60 (2). pp. 147-155. ISSN 1476-9360

Simmons, R and Buraimo, B (2009) Market size and attendance in English premier league football. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 9 (2). pp. 200-214. ISSN 1475-8962

Simmons, R and Berri, D (2009) Race and the evaluation of signal callers in the national football league. Journal of Sports Economics, 10 (1). pp. 23-43. ISSN 1527-0025

Simmons, R and Buraimo, B (2009) A tale of two audiences: spectators, television viewers and outcome uncertainty in Spanish football. Journal of Economics and Business, 61 (4). 326–338. ISSN 0148-6195

Buraimo, B and Simmons, R (2008) Do sports fans really value uncertainty of outcome? Evidence from the English Premier League. International Journal of Sport Finance, 3 (3). pp. 146-155. ISSN 1930-076X

Petrescu, A I and Simmons, R (2008) Human resource management practices and workers' job satisfaction. International Journal of Manpower, 29 (7). pp. 651-667. ISSN 0143-7720

Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2008) Sentiment in the betting market on Spanish football. Applied Economics, 40 (1). pp. 119-126. ISSN 0003-6846

Simmons, R and Kahane, L H and Paton, D (2008) The abortion-crime link: evidence from England and Wales. Economica, 75 (297). pp. 1-21. ISSN 0013-0427

Simmons, R and Frick, B (2008) The impact of managerial quality on organizational performance: evidence from German soccer. Managerial and Decision Economics, 29 (7). pp. 593-600. ISSN 0143-6570

Buraimo, B and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2007) Freedom of entry, market size and competitive outcome: evidence from English soccer. Southern Economic Journal, 74 (1). pp. 204-213. ISSN 0038-4038

Simmons, R (2007) Overpaid athletes? Comparing American and European football. WorkingUSA, 10 (4). pp. 457-471. ISSN 1089-7011

Buraimo, B and Simmons, R and Szymanski, S (2006) English football. Journal of Sports Economics, 7 (1). pp. 29-46. ISSN 1527-0025

Simmons, R and Forrest, D (2006) New issues in attendance demand : the case of the English football league. Journal of Sports Economics, 7 (3). pp. 247-266. ISSN 1527-0025

Lago, U and Simmons, R and Szymanski, S (2006) The financial crisis in European football: an introduction. Journal of Sports Economics, 7 (1). pp. 3-12. ISSN 1527-0025

Simmons, R (2005) Does worksharing work? Some empirical evidence from the IAB-Establishment panel. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 52 (2). pp. 141-176. ISSN 0036-9292

Goddard, J and Beaumont, J and Simmons, R and Forrest, D (2005) Home advantage and the debate on competitive balance in professional sports leagues. Journal of Sports Sciences, 23 (4). pp. 439-445. ISSN 0264-0414

Forrest, D and Goddard, J and Simmons, R (2005) Odds-setters as forecasters: the case of the football betting market. International Journal of Forecasting, 21 (3). pp. 552-564.

Buraimo, B and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2005) Outcome uncertainty and the couch potato audience. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 52 (3). pp. 641-661. ISSN 0036-9292

Forrest, D and Szymanski, S and Simmons, R (2004) Broadcasting, attendance and the inefficiency of cartels. Review of Industrial Organization, 24 (4). pp. 243-265. ISSN 0889-938X

Gulley, O D and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2004) Substitution between different games of the UK national lottery. Applied Economics, 36 (7). pp. 645-651. ISSN 0003-6846

Lucifora, C and Simmons, R (2003) Superstar effects in sport: evidence from Italian soccer. Journal of Sports Economics, 4 (1). pp. 35-55. ISSN 1527-0025

Chesters, N and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2002) Buying a dream: alternative models of demand for lotto. Economic Inquiry, 40 (3). pp. 485-496. ISSN 0095-2583

Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2002) Outcome uncertainty and attendance demand in sport: the case of English soccer. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series D (The Statistician), 51 (2). pp. 229-241. ISSN 0039-0526

Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2002) Team salaries and playing success in sports : a comparative perspective. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 72 (4). ISSN 0044-2372

Sampson, A and Simmons, R (2002) The minimum wage in an adverse selection economy. Oxford Economic Papers, 54 (1). 150 - 159. ISSN 0030-7653

Feehan, P and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2002) A spatial cross-sectional model of elasticity of demand for soccer. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 49 (3). p. 336. ISSN 0036-9292

Andrews, M J and Simmons, R (2001) Friday may never be the same again: some results on work-sharing from union-firm bargaining models. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 48 (5). pp. 488-516. ISSN 0036-9292

Simmons, R (2001) How working time changes affect wages and employment. Beitrage zur Arbeitsmarkt-und Berufsforschung, 25 (1). ISSN 0173-6574

Sampson, A and Simmons, R (2000) Adverse selection when jobs are hard to do. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 47 (3). p. 325. ISSN 0036-9292

Gulley, O D and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2000) Elasticity of demand for UK National Lottery tickets. National Tax Journal, 53 (4). pp. 853-864. ISSN 0028-0283

Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2000) Forecasting sport: the behaviour and performance of football tipsters. International Journal of Forecasting, 16 (3). pp. 317-331.

Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2000) Making up the results: the work of the football pools panel, 1963-1997. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series D (The Statistician), 49 (2). pp. 253-260. ISSN 0039-0526

Gulley, O D and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2000) Testing for rational expectations in the UK National Lottery. Applied Economics, 32 (3). 315 - 326. ISSN 0003-6846

Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings

Simmons, R (2008) Fan pressure and football outcomes. In: Myths and facts about football: the economics and psychology of the world's greatest sport :. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle. ISBN 184718622X

Simmons, R (2008) Gambling. In: Prohibitions :. Institute of Economic Affairs, London, pp. 235-267. ISBN 978-0255365857

Simmons, R and Frick, B (2008) Pay and performance of players in sports leagues: international comparisons. In: The Business of Sports, Vol.2 :. Praeger Publishers, Westport. ISBN 027599340X

Simmons, R and Frick, B (2008) The allocation of rewards in athletic contests. In: The Business of Sports, Vol.2 :. Praeger Publishers, Westport, pp. 1-24. ISBN 027599340X

Simmons, R and Buraimo, B (2008) The profitability of sports teams: international perspectives. In: The Business of Sports, Vol.2 :. Praeger Publishers, Westport, pp. 33-58. ISBN 027599340X

Simmons, R and Buraimo, B and Forrest, D (2007) Outcome uncertainty measures: how closely do they predict a close game? In: Statistical Thinking in Sports :. Chapman & Hall/CRC, London, pp. 167-178. ISBN 1584888687

Forrest, D and Simmons, R and Buraimo, B (2006) Broadcaster and audience demand for premier league football. In: The Economics of Sport and the Media :. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 93-105. ISBN 1845427432

Simmons, R (2006) Demand for spectator sports. In: Handbook of the Economics of Sport :. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 77-89. ISBN 1843766086

Simmons, R (2005) Economics of gambling. In: Economics Uncut: A Complete Guide to Life, Death and Misadventure :. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 367-388. ISBN 1843763621

Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2005) Efficiency of the odds on English professional football matches. In: Information Efficiency in Financial and Betting Markets :. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 330-338. ISBN 0521816033

Curran, A and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2003) Efficiency in the handicap and index betting markets for English rugby league. In: The Economics of Gambling :. Routledge, London and New York, pp. 114-134. ISBN 0-415-26091-4

Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2001) Une perspective economique post-Bosman sur le marche des footballeurs europeens. In: Sport et Union Europeenne :. Editions Juris Service, Lyon, pp. 93-99. ISBN 291099208X

Monograph

Bryson, A and Buraimo, B and Simmons, R (2010) Do Salaries Improve Worker Performance? Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Simmons, R and Berri, D J (2010) Mixing the princes and the paupers: Pay and performance in the National Basketball Association. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Berri, D J and Simmons, R and Van Gilder, J and O'Neill, L (2010) What does it mean to find the Face of the Franchise? Physical Attractiveness and the Evaluation of Athletic Performance. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Kahane, L H and Longley, N and Simmons, R (2009) The Effects of Coworker Heterogeneity on Firm-Level Output: Assessing the Impacts of Cultural and Language Diversity in the National Hockey League. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Elliott, C F and Simmons, R (2007) Determinants of UK box office success: the impact of quality signals. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Simmons, R and Berri, D (2007) Does it pay to specialize? The story from the Gridiron. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Berri, D and Simmons, R (2007) Race and the evaluation of signal callers in the national football league. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Frick, B and Simmons, R (2007) The allocation of rewards in athletic contests. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Buraimo, B and Simmons, R (2007) A tale of two audiences: spectators, television viewers and outcome uncertainty in Spanish football. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Buraimo, B and Simmons, R (2006) Market size and attendance in English Premier League football. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Buraimo, B and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2006) Robust estimates of the impact of broadcasting on match attendance in football. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Forrest, D and Simmons, R and Buraimo, B (2005) Freedom of entry, market size and competitive outcome: evidence from English soccer. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2005) New issues in attendance demand: the case of the English football league. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Kahane, L H and Paton, D and Simmons, R (2005) The abortion-crime link: evidence from England and Wales. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Frick, B and Simmons, R (2005) The impact of managerial quality on organizational performance: evidence from German soccer. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Gulley, O D and Simmons, R and Forrest, D (2005) The relationship between betting and lottery play: a high frequency time-series analysis. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Buraimo, B and Forrest, D and Simmons, R (2004) Outcome uncertainty and the couch potato audience. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

Petrescu, A I and Simmons, R and Bradley, S (2004) The impacts of human resource management practices and pay inequality on workers' job satisfaction. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.