FEATURED Research Talk: WVU's Brad Humphreys on the Economics of Gambling

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October 5, 2023
4:30PM - 5:30PM
University Hall 014

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2023-10-05 16:30:00 2023-10-05 17:30:00 FEATURED Research Talk: WVU's Brad Humphreys on the Economics of Gambling West Virginia University economics professor Brad Humphreys will join SSI Oct. 5 to talk about the economics of sports gambling. Please register here: https://go.osu.edu/sportsgambling Humphreys' research on the economics and financing of professional sports and the economics of gambling has been published in academic journals in economics and policy analysis, including the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the Journal of Regional Science, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Empirical Economics, Public Finance Review, and Regional Science and Urban Economics. He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals in economics and public policy.  He is the co-editor of the three volume The Business of Sport, a comprehensive examination of sports business, economics, and finance which was named an Outstanding Business Reference Source by the Business Reference Sources Committee of the American Library Association.  Humphreys is editor-in-chief of Contemporary Economic Policy, a general interest economics journal and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sports Economics, the International Journal of Sport Finance, the  International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, the International Journal of Sport Marketing and Sponsorship, the International Journal of Empirical Economics, and International Gambling Studies.   University Hall 014 Sports and Society Initiative sportssociety@osu.edu America/New_York public

West Virginia University economics professor Brad Humphreys will join SSI Oct. 5 to talk about the economics of sports gambling. Please register here: https://go.osu.edu/sportsgambling

Humphreys' research on the economics and financing of professional sports and the economics of gambling has been published in academic journals in economics and policy analysis, including the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the Journal of Regional Science, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Empirical Economics, Public Finance Review, and Regional Science and Urban Economics.

He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals in economics and public policy.  He is the co-editor of the three volume The Business of Sport, a comprehensive examination of sports business, economics, and finance which was named an Outstanding Business Reference Source by the Business Reference Sources Committee of the American Library Association. 

Humphreys is editor-in-chief of Contemporary Economic Policy, a general interest economics journal and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sports Economics, the International Journal of Sport Finance, the  International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, the International Journal of Sport Marketing and Sponsorship, the International Journal of Empirical Economics, and International Gambling Studies.