Items where Author is "Simmons, Robert"

Farnell, Alex and Mills, Brian and O’Sullivan, Vincent and Simmons, Robert and Berri, David (2025) The effect of task switching on productivity : evidence from major league baseball pitchers. Oxford Economic Papers. ISSN 0030-7653

Butler, David and Farnell, Alex and Simmons, Robert (2024) Do sports analytics affect footballer pay? Frontiers in Behavioral Economics, 3: 1490871. ISSN 2813-5296

Farnell, Alex and Butler, David and Rossi, Giambattista and Simmons, Robert and Berri, David and Bamba, Esperence Yassine (2024) Is there a nationality wage premium in European football? Sports Economics Review, 7: 100040. ISSN 2773-1618

Butler, David and Butler, Robert and Farnell, Alex and Simmons, Robert (2024) COVID-19 infections and short-run worker performance : Evidence from European football. European Journal of Operational Research, 315 (2). pp. 750-763. ISSN 0377-2217

Berri, David and Farnell, Alex and Simmons, Robert (2023) The determinants of Black quarterback pay in the National Football League. Managerial and Decision Economics, 44 (3). pp. 1491-1503. ISSN 0143-6570

Simmons, Robert (2022) Professional labor markets in the Journal of Sports Economics. Journal of Sports Economics, 23 (6). pp. 728-748. ISSN 1527-0025

Semmelroth, Dirk and Frick, Bernd and Simmons, Robert and Sung, Hojun (2022) Where to Go Next? : Examining the Effect of Franchise Expansion and Location on Game-Level Attendance in Major League Soccer. Journal of Sports Economics, 23 (5). pp. 524-547. ISSN 1527-0025

Ozdemir, Anil and Dietl, Helmut and Rossi, Giambattista and Simmons, Robert (2022) Are workers rewarded for inconsistent performance. Industrial Relations, 61 (2). pp. 137-151. ISSN 0019-8676

Buraimo, Babatunde and Migali, Giuseppe and Simmons, Robert (2022) Impacts of The Great Recession on sport : evidence from English football league attendance demand. Oxford Economic Papers, 74 (1). pp. 155-177. ISSN 0030-7653

Farnell, Alex and Simmons, Robert and O'Sullivan, Vincent (2022) Labour Markets in Professional Sports. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Frick, Bernd and Simmons, Robert and Stein, Friedrich (2020) Timing matters : worker absenteeism in a weekly backward rotating shift model. European Journal of Health Economics, 21 (9). pp. 1399-1410. ISSN 1618-7598

Frick, Bernd and Simmons, Robert and Stein, Friedrich (2018) The cost of shiftwork : absenteeism in a large German automobile plant. German Journal of Human Resource Management, 32 (3-4). pp. 236-256.

Frick, Bernd and Simmons, Robert (2017) The Impact of Exogenous Shocks on Exits from the Catholic and Protestant Churches in Germany, 1953-2015. Applied Economics Letters, 24 (20). pp. 1476-1480. ISSN 1350-4851

Peel, David Alan and Simmons, Robert and Buraimo, Babatunde (2017) New empirical evidence on the Tote-SP anomaly and its implications for models of risky choice in gambling markets. In: The Economics of Sports Betting :. New Horizons in the Economics of Sport . Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 92-104. ISBN 9781785364549

Buraimo, Babatunde and Peel, David and Simmons, Robert (2016) On the positive expected utility of combination wagers. Decision Analysis, 13 (3). pp. 209-212. ISSN 1545-8504

Buraimo, Babatunde and Migali, Giuseppe and Simmons, Robert (2016) An analysis of consumer response to corruption : Italy’s Calciopoli scandal. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 78 (1). pp. 22-41. ISSN 0305-9049

Izquierdo Sanchez, Sofia and Elliott, Caroline Fiona and Simmons, Robert (2016) Substitution between leisure activities : a quasi-natural experiment using sports viewing and cinema attendance. Applied Economics, 48 (40). pp. 3848-3860. ISSN 0003-6846

Bryson, Alex and Frick, Bernd and Simmons, Robert (2015) Sports economics : it may be fun but what's the point? National Institute Economic Review, 232 (1). R1-R3. ISSN 0027-9501

Green, Colin and Lozano, Fernando and Simmons, Robert (2015) Rank-order tournaments, probability of winning and investing in talent : evidence from Champions’ League qualifying rules. National Institute Economic Review, 232 (1). R30-R40. ISSN 0027-9501

Buraimo, Babatunde and Frick, Bernd and Hickfang, Michael and Simmons, Robert (2015) The economics of long-term contracts in the footballers' labour market. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 62 (1). pp. 8-24. ISSN 0036-9292

Buraimo, Babatunde and Simmons, Robert (2015) Uncertainty of outcome or star quality? : television audience demand for English Premier League football. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 22 (3). pp. 449-469. ISSN 1357-1516

Jewell, R. Todd and Simmons, Robert and Szymanski, Stefan (2014) Bad for business? : the effect of hooliganism on English professional football clubs. Journal of Sports Economics, 15 (5). pp. 429-450. ISSN 1527-0025

Bryson, Alex and Rossi, Giambattista and Simmons, Robert (2014) The migrant wage premium in professional football : a superstar effect? Kyklos, 67 (1). pp. 12-28. ISSN 0023-5962

Robinson, Terry and Simmons, Robert (2014) Gate-sharing and talent distribution in the English Football League. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 21 (3). pp. 413-429. ISSN 1357-1516

Buraimo, Babatunde and Migali, Giuseppe and Simmons, Robert (2014) An analysis of consumer response to corruption : Italy's Calciopoli scandal. Working Paper. Lancaster University, Department of Economics, Lancaster.

Bryson, Alex and Frick, Bernd and Simmons, Robert (2013) The returns to scarce talent : footedness and player renumeration in European soccer. Journal of Sports Economics, 14 (6). pp. 606-628. ISSN 1527-0025

Kahane, Leo and Longley, Neil and Simmons, Robert (2013) The Effects of Coworker Heterogeneity on Firm-Level Output: Assessing the Impacts of Cultural and Language Diversity in the National Hockey League. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 95 (1). pp. 302-314. ISSN 0034-6535

Frick, Bernd and Simmons, Robert (2013) The impact of individual and collective reputation on wine prices : empirical evidence from the Mosel valley. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 83 (2). pp. 101-119. ISSN 0044-2372

Simmons, Robert (2013) Bad for business? : the effect of football hooliganism on English professional soccer clubs. Working Paper. The Department of Economics.

Frick, Bernd and Goetzen, Ute and Simmons, Robert (2013) The hidden costs of high performance work practices: evidence from a large German steel company. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 66 (1). pp. 198-224. ISSN 0019-7939

Buraimo, Babatunde and Simmons, Robert and Maciaszczyk, Marek (2012) Favoritism and referee bias in European soccer: Evidence from the Spanish League and the UEFA Champions' League. Contemporary Economic Policy, 30 (3). pp. 329-343. ISSN 1465-7287

Paul, Rodney and Simmons, Robert and Weinbach, Andrew (2012) Gambling and the NFL. In: The economics of the National Football League : the state of the art. Sports Economics, Management and Policy . Springer, New York, pp. 225-242. ISBN 978-1-4419-6289-8

Simmons, Robert and Deutscher, Christian (2012) The economics of the world cup. In: The Oxford Handbook of Sports Economics :. Oxford Handbooks in Economics, 1 . Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 449-469. ISBN 978-0-19-538777-3

Bryson, Alex and Buraimo, Babatunde and Simmons, Robert (2011) Do salaries improve worker performance? Labour Economics, 18 (4). pp. 424-433. ISSN 0927-5371

Simmons, Robert and Berri, David (2011) Mixing the princes and the paupers: Pay and performance in the National Basketball Association. Labour Economics, 18 (3). pp. 381-388.

Berri, David and Simmons, Robert and Van Gilder, Jennifer and O'Neill, Lisle (2011) What does it mean to find the face of the franchise? Physical attractiveness and the evaluation of athletic performance. Economics Letters, 111 (3). pp. 200-202. ISSN 0165-1765

Elliott, Caroline and Simmons, Robert (2011) Advertising media strategies in the film industry. Applied Economics, 43 (29). pp. 4461-4468. ISSN 0003-6846

Elliott, Caroline and Simmons, Robert (2011) Factors determining UK album success. Applied Economics, 43 (30). pp. 4699-4706. ISSN 0003-6846

Simmons, Robert and Walker, Ian (2010) Can subsidies buy success? Revenue sharing in English football. In: Optimal strategies in sports economics and management :. Springer, Berlin, pp. 171-185. ISBN 978-3-642-13204-9

Simmons, Robert (2010) Prohibition of gambling. In: Prohibitions :. Institute of Economic Affairs, London. ISBN 0255365853

Simmons, Robert and Berri, David J. (2009) Gains from specialization and free agency : the story from the gridiron. Review of Industrial Organization, 34 (1). pp. 81-98. ISSN 0889-938X

Elliott, Caroline and Simmons, Robert (2008) Determinants of box office success: the impact of quality signals. Review of Industrial Organization, 33 (2). pp. 93-111. ISSN 0889-938X