James Reade

University of Reading

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Scholarly Papers (26)

1.

Echoes: What Happens when Football Is Played behind Closed Doors?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2020
James Reade, Dominik Schreyer and Carl Singleton
University of Reading, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Department of Economics, University of Reading
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Home Advantage, Referee Bias, Social Pressure, Attendance, Natural Experiments, Sports Economics, Coronavirus

Causal Effects of an Absent Crowd on Performances and Refereeing Decisions During COVID-19

Economics Letters, Volume 198, January 2021, 109664
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2020
UCL, University of London - Institute of Education, University of Reading, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Department of Economics, University of Reading
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Attendance, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Home Advantage, Natural Experiments, Referee Bias, Social Pressure

Experimental Effects of an Absent Crowd on Performances and Refereeing Decisions During Covid-19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13578
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
UCL, University of London - Institute of Education, University of Reading, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Department of Economics, University of Reading
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referee bias, natural experiments, home advantage, COVID-19, Coronavirus, attendance, social pressure

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Whatever it Takes: Rivalry and Unethical Behavior

Intl. Association for Conflict Management, IACM 25th Annual Conference
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 01 Jul 2012
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Management, University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Medicine and University of Reading
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Demand for Public Events in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of European Football

Forthcoming, European Sport Management Quarterly
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2020
James Reade and Carl Singleton
University of Reading and Department of Economics, University of Reading
Downloads 536 (87,508)
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Demand for Sport, Stadium Attendance, Coronavirus, European Economy, Public Health

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What Can We Learn About Economics from Sport during COVID-19?

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2021
Department of Economics, University of Reading, UCL, University of London - Institute of Education, University of Reading and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Sports Economics, Coronavirus, Natural Experiments, Referee Bias, Social Pressure, Prediction Markets

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Eliminating Supportive Crowds Reduces Referee Bias

Accepted at Economic Inquiry (2021; In press)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2021
James Reade, Dominik Schreyer and Carl Singleton
University of Reading, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Department of Economics, University of Reading
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Home Advantage, Referee Bias, Social Pressure, Attendance, Natural Experiments, Coronavirus

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Combining Prediction Markets and Forecasting Contests

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2017
Alasdair Brown and James Reade
University of East Anglia (UEA) and University of Reading
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Forecasting Contests, Prediction Markets, Sports Betting, Social Networks

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Evaluating Strange Forecasts: The Curious Case of Football Match Scorelines

Forthcoming in Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2020
James Reade, Carl Singleton and Alasdair Brown
University of Reading, Department of Economics, University of Reading and University of East Anglia (UEA)
Downloads 147 (328,732)
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forecasting, statistical modelling, regression models, prediction markets

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How big is home advantage at the Olympic Games?

Forthcoming chapter in: H. A. Solberg, R. Storm & K. Swart (Eds.), Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2021
Department of Economics, University of Reading, University of Reading, affiliation not provided to SSRN and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
Downloads 136 (349,593)
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Attendance, Gender economics, Home bias, Major sport events, Olympic Games, Referee bias, Sports economics

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Betting on a Buzz, Mispricing and Inefficiency in Online Sportsbooks

International Journal of Forecasting, 39(3), 1413-1423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2022.07.011
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2023
Philip Ramirez, James Reade and Carl Singleton
University of Reading, University of Reading and Department of Economics, University of Reading
Downloads 135 (351,622)
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Wisdom of crowds, Betting markets, Efficient Market Hypothesis, Forecast efficiency, Professional tennis

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Stadium Attendance Demand During the COVID-19 Crisis: Early Empirical Evidence from Belarus

Forthcoming, Applied Economics Letters
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2020
James Reade, Dominik Schreyer and Carl Singleton
University of Reading, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Department of Economics, University of Reading
Downloads 132 (357,569)
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Attendance, COVID-19, Football/Soccer, Spectator Decision-Making, Public Health

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A Decade of Violence and Empty Stadiums in Egypt: When Does Emotion from the Terraces Affect Behaviour on the Pitch?

Forthcoming in Empirical Economics
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2023
Carl Singleton, James Reade and Dominik Schreyer
Department of Economics, University of Reading, University of Reading and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Attendance, COVID-19, Football, Home advantage, Natural Experiments, Referee Bias, Social Pressure

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Information, Prices and Efficiency in An Online Betting Market

Finance Research Letters, 2019
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 23 May 2019 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2019
Guy Elaad, James Reade and Carl Singleton
Ariel University, University of Reading and Department of Economics, University of Reading
Downloads 85 (485,306)
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Prediction Markets, Efficient Market Hypothesis, Favourite-Longshot Bias

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From the General to the Specific: Modelling Inflation in China

Applied Economics Quarterly 57 (1), 27-44
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 19 Apr 2012
James Reade and Ulrich Volz
University of Reading and University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) - Economics
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Chinese inflation, dollar peg, automatic model selection procedure

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The Iron Curtain and Referee Bias in International Football

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 03 May 2023
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), University of Reading and Department of Economics, University of Reading
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home advantage, social pressure, international relations, sports economics

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Going With Your Gut: The (In)accuracy of Forecast Revisions in a Football Score Prediction Game

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Forthcoming, Doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.101502
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2019
Carl Singleton, James Reade and Alasdair Brown
Department of Economics, University of Reading, University of Reading and University of East Anglia (UEA)
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Judgement revision, Prediction making, Forecasting behaviour, Expectations

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A Forecasting Test for the Reliability of Wage Data

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Apr 2023
James Reade and Pedro Garcia-del-Barrio
University of Reading and University of Navarra
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sport, wages, forecasting, skills

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Separating the Crowds: Examining Home and Away Attendances at Football Matches

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 21 Nov 2022
West Virginia University - Department of Economics, University of Reading, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Department of Economics, University of Reading
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Sport, home advantage, attendance, demand

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Leader of the Pack? German Monetary Dominance in Europe Prior to EMU

Economic Modelling, Vol. 28, No. 1-2, 2011
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Nov 2011
James Reade and Ulrich Volz
University of Reading and University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) - Economics
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monetary policy independence, European monetary integration, cointegrated VAR method

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Running Up that Hill: Fitness in the Face of Recession

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16410
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 30 Aug 2023
Kerry L. Papps, Alex Bryson and James Reade
University of Bradford, UCL and University of Reading
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business cycle, health, fitness, Parkrun

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The Impact of Uncertainty on Fan Interest Surrounding Multiple Outcomes in Open European Football Leagues

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 11 Jan 2023
Pedro Garcia-del-Barrio and James Reade
University of Navarra and University of Reading
Downloads 41 (692,350)

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Global Sports, Outcome Certainty, Google Trends, Competitions’ Multiple Prizes, Event analysis

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Exploring Entertainment Utility from Football Games

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2023
University of Tübingen, University of Dundee, University of Reading, University of Reading and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Suspense, surprise, entertainment utility, football, tweets

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Large Sporting Events and Public Health and Safety

Forthcoming chapter in H. A. Solberg, R. Storm & K. Swart (Eds.), Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 31 Jan 2023
James Reade
University of Reading
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Mega events, Olympic Games, public health and safety, sport, organisation

How Sensitive are Sports Fans to Unemployment?

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2021-048/V
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 25 May 2021
James Reade and Jan C. van Ours
University of Reading and Tinbergen Institute
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Stadium attendance, football, unemployment

How Sensitive are Sports Fans to Unemployment?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16171
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 Jul 2021
James Reade and Jan C. van Ours
University of Reading and Tinbergen Institute
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Modelling Australian Electricity Prices Using Indicator Saturation

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Mar 2022
University of Piraeus, Business School, Sun Yat-sen University, University of Reading and University of Reading
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Australian National Electricity Market, Electricity Prices, Indicator Saturation, Price Spikes

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Mass Outdoor Events and the Spread of an Airborne Virus: English Football and COVID-19

Posted: 02 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2021
Matthew Olczak, James Reade and Matthew Yeo
Aston University - Aston Business School, University of Reading and University of Reading - Department of Economics
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social distancing, mass outdoor gatherings, COVID-19