3 papers
stat.AP2020
Estimating the change in soccer's home advantage during the Covid-19 pandemic using bivariate Poisson regression
Luke S. Benz, Michael J. Lopez
In wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 soccer seasons across the world were postponed and eventually made up during the summer months of 2020. Researchers from a variety of di…
stat.AP2019
Bigger data, better questions, and a return to fourth down behavior: an introduction to a special issue on tracking data in the National football League
Michael J. Lopez
Most historical National Football League (NFL) analysis, both mainstream and academic, has relied on public, play-level data to generate team and player comparisons. Given the numb…
stat.AP2015
Labor Disputes and Worker Productivity
Qi Ge, Michael J. Lopez
We implement a propensity score matching technique to present the first evidence on the impact of labor supply decisions during labor disputes on worker productivity in the context…