Call for Papers – 1st Announcement
Please be invited to submit a paper to the 4th European Conference in Sport Economics in London, UK. This conference will be again a joint conference with the International Association of Sports Economists (IASE). The conference will be held on September 6th - 7th at the University of London (Birkbeck College). The deadline for submissions is April 15th, 2012.
The conference is open to all areas of sports economics. The scientific committee invites individuals to submit a variety of abstract types. Submissions will begin to be accepted on April 2nd, 2012. Completed research or research in progress is acceptable. Topics may include (but are not restricted to):
- Sport in the economy
- Supply and demand for sport
- Cost-benefit analysis of sport
- Sporting governance and the state
- Market, state and nonprofit failure in sport
- Economics of voluntary work
- Economics of sports leagues/tournaments
- Law and economics in sports
- Economics of elite sports and talent identification
- Labor economics in sport
- Taxation in sports
- Economics of dysfunctions in sport (doping, corruption, discrimination)
- Economics of organization and strategy in sport
Empirical as well as conceptual manuscripts are welcome. The scientific committee has a specific interest in theoretical and empirical papers with policy implications. Manuscripts for the conference must not be published elsewhere at the time of the conference. The conference language will be English.
Submission process
Manuscripts (two pages maximum, 12-point font) must be submitted by April 15th, 2012 to london@sporteconomics.eu.
Manuscripts passing the double-blind review process will be accepted for presentation at the conference. A selection of best papers will be published in a special issue of International Journal of Sport Finance (IJSF).
Scientific committee (all tbc):
- Wladimir Andreff, Professor Emeritus at University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France
- Christoph Breuer, Professor at German Sport University Cologne
- Paul Downward, Loughborough University
- Rodney Fort, Professor at University of Michigan, US
- Bernd Frick, Professor at University of Paderborn, Germany
- Sean Hamil, Birkbeck College, University of London
- Stefan Késenne, Professor at University of Antwerp, Belgium
- Joel Maxcy, Professor at the University of Georgia, US
- Tim Pawlowski, Professor at German Sport University Cologne
- Holger Preuss, Professor at University of Mainz, Germany
- Plácido Rodríguez Guerrero, Professor at Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
- Stefan Szymanski, Professor at University of Michigan, US
Download detailed information: 4th ESEA XIV IASE CfP
NOTE: Please be reminded that many visitors are expected in London for the Paralympic Games. The Symposium Organizing Committee cannot offer any service to find accommodation, hotel bookings, flights or other logistics.
