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Brian L. Goff
Researcher at Western Kentucky University
Publications - 64
Citations - 1001
Brian L. Goff is an academic researcher from Western Kentucky University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Football & Public finance. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 64 publications receiving 966 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian L. Goff include George Mason University.
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Effects of university athletics on the university: a review and extension of empirical assessment.
TL;DR: This article reviewed and extended existing statistical work on the effects of college athletics using basic concepts from economics as guideposts, and concluded that success, and at times merely participation, in college athletics provides several benefits including direct financial gain and such indirect benefits as increased university exposure and increased financial contributions and increased student applications and enrollment.
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On the (mis)measurement of legislator ideology and shirking
Brian L. Goff,Kevin B. Grier +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that current statistical measures of legislator's shirking are implicitly based on the electoral concept of a unique majority rule equilibrium point in the policy space where elections are contested.
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Racial integration as an innovation: Empirical evidence from sports leagues
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors treat racial integration as an innovation in economic process in which economic entities find it advantageous to utilize potentially more productive inputs previously unavailable due to law, custom, or managerial discretion.
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association: A Study in Cartel Behavior
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a persuasive case that the NCAA is a cartel, its members engaged in classically defined restrictive practices for the sole purpose of jointly maximizing their profits.
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Regulation and macroeconomic performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a tour of the regulatory sprawl and an index of regulation's macro effects, including the regulatory index and macro performance of the United States economy.