James Reade

University of Reading, Economics, Faculty Member

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My research is best described as empirical, or applied, economics. It's my interest to understand as much as possible what economic data reveal about an economic reality as expressed in economic theory.
Phone: +44 (0) 118 378 5062
Address: Department of Economics,
HumSS Building,
University of Reading.
RG6 6AA

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It’s just not cricket: rules and the gentleman’s game

Cricket offers a wealth of opportunity and potential insights for economists and other researcher... more Cricket offers a wealth of opportunity and potential insights for economists and other researchers. Focusing on the oldest domestic cricket competition, the English County Championship, we discuss issues of demand, home advantage, competitive balance and the importance of winning the pre-match coin toss to determine the playing order. Despite cricket being generally regarded as a sport for traditionalists, the County Championship is remarkable in how often the rule makers have altered its format. We study one recent major change, the replacement of the mandatory pre-match coin toss with an uncontested one, whereby the away team could decide whether to bowl first or face a toss to bat instead. In theory, this ought to have reduced home advantage, made the toss matter more when it was contested, and incentivised teams to prepare better pitches leading to longer matches. We found no evidence of the first or the last of these effects, but matches did become more predictable once the toss was decided. This suggests that the rule makers were right to abandon this experimental change after only four seasons

What we can learn about economics from professional sport during Covid-19

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2021

Causal effects of an absent crowd on performances and refereeing decisions during Covid-19

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has induced worldwide natural experiments on the effects of crowds. We expl... more The Covid-19 pandemic has induced worldwide natural experiments on the effects of crowds. We exploit one of these experiments that took place over several countries in almost identical settings: professional football matches played behind closed doors within the 2019/20 league seasons. We find large and statistically significant effects on the number of yellow cards issued by referees. Without a crowd, fewer cards were awarded to the away teams, reducing home advantage. These results have implications for the influence of social pressure and crowds on the neutrality of decisions.

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