Dr. Brian Goff
University Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Economics/Gordon Ford College of Business
Western Kentucky University/Grise 419
brian.goff@wku.edu
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Ballfields & Blackboards Podcast (formerly Subgame Perfect Podcast)
Combining academic & fan perspectives on sports with three college of business colleagues
SportsMoney Contributor at Forbes.com (Jan 2013 - Dec 2020)
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Recent Classes
Macro Principles (Econ 203)
Applied Macro Theory (Econ 502)
Econometrics (Econ 465/465G)
Intermediate Macro (Econ 303)
Vita
Recent & Other Selected Publications
Racial Integration as an Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Sports Leagues with McCormick & Tollison American Economic Review 2002.
The NCAA: A Study in Cartel Behavior with Fleisher & Tollison University of Chicago Press, 1992
Racial Integration of Coaching: Evidence from the NFL with Tollison Journal of Sports Economics 2009
Sports Economics Uncut Edward Elgar Press, 2019
Effects of University Athletics on The University Journal of Sport Management, 2000
The effect of management changes on winning in professional sports: Analysis using a dynamic lag adjustment model with Wilson & Zimmer
Managerial & Decision Economics, 2019
Revisiting Romer: Digging Deeper into Influences on NFL Managerial Decisions Journal of Sports Economics 2018
Movies, Mass Consumers, & Critics: Economics & Politics of a Two-Sided Market with Wilson & Zimmer Contemporary Economic Policy 2017