CALL FOR PAPERS

VII GIJON CONFERENCE ON SPORTS ECONOMICS

“SPORTS AND COMPETITION”

MAY 4TH-5TH 2012

The annual conference of the Sports Economics Observatory Foundation (University of Oviedo) will be held in Gijon (Spain) at the Paraninfo of Laboral, Faculty of Commerce, May 4-5, 2012 (Friday to Saturday).

Individuals are invited to submit unpublished communications related to the following topics and issues:

Sportive competition

• Competition in American professional leagues
• Competition in soccer
• Competition in individual sports (golf, tennis, skating, cycling)
• Competition by national teams

Competition policy

• European competition policy (in media markets, in player markets)
• North American competition policy
• Competition for tournaments (FIFA World Cup, Olympics...)

All of the submissions will be assessed by a scientific committee.

Papers’ submission norms:

Authors will send an abstract (about 200 words) of the paper to Esta dirección electrónica esta protegida contra spam bots. Necesita activar JavaScript para visualizarla

Agenda (important dates):

• Abstracts submission: until January 31.
• Papers selected: February, 15.
• Final paper: April, 30.

Scientific Committee

President:

• Kesenne, Stefan. Professor of Economics at the University of Antwerp and Leuven, Belgium.

Secretary:

• García-Villar, Jaume. Professor of Econometrics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. President of the Spanish National Institute of Statistics.

Vocal Members

• Andeff, Wladimir. Professor of Economics at Paris 1 Pantheón Sorbona, France.
• Baade, Robert. Professor of Economics at Lake Forest College, Chicago, United States.
• Frick, Bernd. Professor of Economics at the University of Paderborn, Germany.
• Fort, Rodney. Professor of Sport Management at the Universidad of Michigan, United States.
• Otero-Moreno, José María. Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Malaga, Spain.
• Noll, Roger. Professor Emeritus of Economics at Stanford University, United States.
• Szymanski, Stefan. Professor of Economics at the Cass Business School. City University. London, UK.
• Vrooman, John. Professor of Economics at the Vanderbilt University, United States.

Organizing Committee

• Plácido Rodríguez
• Stefan Kessenne
• Ruud Koning