Forthcoming
Abouzaid, Reda* and Kurt W. Rotthoff “Income, Obesity, and Gender: Unraveling the Obesity Kuznets Curve” forthcoming in Applied Economics Letters
Cormier, Abigail*, Austin Eggers, Peter A Groothuis, Sean E. Mulholland, and Aleksandar (Sasha) Tomic “The Impact of Being Named a Top Party School on Peer Rankings and the Academic Profile of a University” with Abigail Cormier,* forthcoming in Applied Economics
2023
Cormier, Abigail, Austin Eggers, Pete Groothuis, and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2023) The Flutie and Anti-Flutie Effect: The Impact of Football Championships and Athletic Malfeasance on the University Journal of Sports Economics Volume 24, Issue 7, Pages 903-931
Cormier, Abigail, Austin Eggers, Pete Groothuis, and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2023) The Impact of Basketball Malfeasance on the University and its Rankings Applied Economics Volume 55, Issue 33, Pages 3902-3914
Rotthoff, Kurt W. (2023) Racially Charged Police Enforcement Has Cost the U.S. Economy $53 Billion to $220 Billion in Lost Productivity Review of the Black Political Economy Volume 50, Issue 1, pages 35-57
Berkowitz, Jason and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2023) Real Options Applied to Consumer Goods: A Look at Final Four Ticket Pricing Journal of Sports Economics Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 139-158 (Lead Article)
2021
Article (FEE.org): Kurt W. Rotthoff (2021) The Simple Math of How to Retire with Millions published at FEE.org
Cormier, Abigail and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2021) The Impact of Adoption Subsidies on Children Waiting for Adoption Empirical Economics Letters Volume 20, Issue 21, 2057-2064
Meissner, Leah, Aishwarya Rai, and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2021) The Superstar Effect in Gymnastics Applied Economics Volume 53, Issue 24, 2791-2798
2020
McFall, Todd and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2020) Risk Taking Dynamics in Tournaments: Evidence from Professional Golf Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Vol. 129, November, 378-394
Collier, Trevor, Nancy Haskell, Kurt W. Rotthoff and Alaina Smith (2020) The “Cinderella Effect”: The Value of Unexpected March Madness Runs as Advertising for the Schools Journal of Sports Economics Volume 21(18), 783-807
Rotthoff, Kurt W. (2020) The Efficiency of Large(r) Endowments: The Optimal Endowment is Bigger than you Might Think Applied Economics Letters Volume 16, Issue 16, 1362-1365
Rotthoff, Kurt. W (2020) Revisiting Difficulty Bias, and Other Forms of Bias, in Elite Level Gymnastics Journal of Sports Analytics Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-11
Sharma, Ghanshyam and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2020) The Impact of Unexpected Natural Disasters on Insurance Markets Applied Economics Letters Volume 27, Issue 6, Pages 494-497
Eggers, Austin, Peter A Groothuis, Parker Redding, Kurt W. Rotthoff, and Michael Solimini* (2020) Universities Behaving Badly: The Impact of Athletic Malfeasances on Student Quality and Enrollment Journal of Sports Economics Volume 21, Issue 1, 87-100
2019
Eggers, Austin, Peter A Groothuis, Parker Redding, Kurt W. Rotthoff and Michael Solimini* (2019) The Negative Effect of NCAA Football Bowl Bans on University Enrollment and Applications Applied Economics Volume 51, Issue 54, pages 5870-5877
Kevin P. Belanger, Angela K. Dills, Rey Hernandez-Julian, and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2019) Class Size, Learning, and Knowledge Decay Eastern Economic Journal Volume 45, Issue 2, pp 301-320.
Sharma, Ghanshyam and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2019) Concentration on Employment and Wages: A Look at the Insurance Industry Atlantic Economic Journal 47(2), 169-178
Pete Groothuis, Kurt W. Rotthoff, and Mark Strazicich (2019) Productivity in Baseball: How Babe Ruth Beats the Benchmark The Journal of Sport Volume 7, Issue 1, Article 3.
2018
Groothuis, Pete, Craig Depken, and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2018) Family Connections in Motorsports: The Case of Formula One International Journal of Sport Finance Volume 13, Issue 4
Rotthoff, Kurt W. and Bentley Coffey (2018) When Utility Jumps: The Value of Money in the Hand Theoretical Economics Letters Volume 8, Issue 1, pages 72-78
2017
Groothuis, Peter A., Kurt W. Rotthoff, and Mark Strazicich (2017) Structural Breaks in the Game: The Case of Major League Baseball Journal of Sports Economics Volume 18, Issue 6, pp. 622-637
2016
Callahan, Brian P., Sean Mullholland, and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2016) Cultural Bias: Gymnasts, Judges, and Bilateral Trade Agreements the Journal of Sport Volume 5: Issue 1, Article 3, 25-45
Jasina, John and Kurt W Rotthoff (2016) The Impact of the NHL Lockout on County Employment International Journal of Sport Finance May, Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 114-123
Groothuis, Pete and Kurt W Rotthoff (2016) The Economic Impact and Civic Pride of Sports Teams and Mega-events: Do the Public and Professionals Agree? Economic Affairs Volume 36, Issue 1, pages 21-32
Dills, Angela K., Rey Hernandez-Julian, and Kurt W Rotthoff (2016) Knowledge Decay between Semesters Economics of Education Review Volume 50, February, Pages 63-74
Rotthoff, Kurt W and Kaylyn Sanbower (2016) Professional “Amateurs” in the NCAA: The Impact of Downstream Demand Applied Economics Letters Volume 23, Issue 5, pages 373-376
2015
Grecu, Anca and Kurt W Rotthoff (2015) Economic Growth and Obesity: Findings of an Obesity Kuznets Curve Applied Economics Letters Volume 22, Issue 7, pages 539-543
Rotthoff, Kurt W (2015) (Not Finding a) Sequential Order Bias in Elite Level Gymnastics Southern Economic Journal Volume 81, Issue 3, pages 724-741 (also here)
2014
Hernandez-Julian, Rey and Kurt W Rotthoff (2014) The Impact of College Football on Academic Achievement Economics of Education Review Volume 43, December, Pages 141-147
Anders, Anne and Kurt W Rotthoff (2014) Is Home Field Advantage Driven by the Fans? Evidence from Across the Ocean Applied Economics Letters Volume 21, Issue 16, pages 1165-1168
Morgan, Hillary and Kurt W Rotthoff (2014) The Harder the Task, the Higher the Score: Findings of a Difficulty Bias Economic Inquiry Volume 52, Issue 3, pages 1014-1026
Rotthoff, Kurt W., Craig Depken, and Peter A. Groothuis (2014) Influences on Sponsorship Deals in NASCAR: Indirect Evidence from Time on Camera Applied Economics Volume: 46, Issue: 19, pages 2277-2289.
2013
Rotthoff, Kurt W. (2013) Stock Analysts Efficiency in a Tournament Structure: The Impact of Analysts Picking a Winner and a Loser Journal of Applied Financial Research Vol II, pp 125-150
McCarthy, Laurence and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2013) Incentives on the Starting Grid in Formula One Racing with Larry McCarthy The Journal of SPORT 2(2), 175-184
2012
Rotthoff, Kurt W. (2012) Bankruptcy Behavior in the NFL: Does the Overtime Structure Change the Strategy of the Game? Journal of Economics and Finance Volume 36, Issue 3, 662-664 (Also here)
Limehouse, Frank F., Michael T. Maloney, and Kurt W Rotthoff (2012) Peak-Load verse Discriminatory Pricing: Evidence from the Golf Industry Review of Industrial Organization Vol. 40, No. 3, 151-165 (Lead Article – also here)
Jasina, John and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2012) A Model of Promotion and Relegation in League Sports Journal of Economics and Finance Volume 36, Issue 2, 303-318 (Also here)
Article (Inside business): Insight… The Costs and Benefits of Natural Gas Fracking Gateway Region Magazine – Elizabeth, NJ March 2012, Vol. 15, No. 3
Book Review: Rotthoff, Kurt W. (2012) Money Games: Profiting from the Convergence of Sports and Entertainment Journal of Sports Economics February 2012 Vol. 13, Is. 1, 99-102
2011
Groothuis, Peter A., Jana D. Groothuis, and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2011) Time on Camera: An Additional Explanation of NASCAR Tournaments Journal of Sports Economicsol. 12, No. 5, October, 561-570 (Also here)
Rotthoff, Kurt W. (2011) How Market Makers Affect Efficiency; Evidence Markets are Becoming Less Efficient Capital Markets Review Vol. 18, Nos. 1 & 2
Rotthoff, Kurt W. (2011) The Incentives leading up to the 2008 Financial Crisis International Journal of Trade and Global Markets Vol. 4, No. 4 (Lead Article – Also here)
Dills, Angela K., Hillary N. Morgan, and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2011) Recess, Physical Education, and Elementary School Student Outcomes Economics of Education Review Volume 30, Issue 5, October, 889-900 (Also here)
Rotthoff, Kurt W., Danielle Zanzalari, and John Jasina (2011) What are the Odds? A Measure of the Small Sample Problems Applied Economics Letters Volume 18, Issue 12, August, 1139-1143 (Also here)
TEDx Seton Hall (2011): Video, Website
Anders, Anne and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2011) Yellow Cards: Do They Matter? with Anne Anders Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports Vol. 7 : Is. 1, Article 9 (Also here)
Article (Commentary): Yes, Yes You Can Teach about Liberty
The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy January 23, 2011
2010
Rotthoff, Kurt W. (2010) Product Liability Litigation: An Issue of Merck and Lawsuits over Vioxx Applied Financial Economics December, Vol. 20, Is. 24, 1867-1878 (Also here) [Long Version]
Rotthoff, Kurt W. and Anne Mayo (2010) Coaching Costs as Tullock Costs, A Model of Rising Coaching Salaries Economic Affairs October, Vol. 30, Is. 3, 65-69 (Also here)
2008
Jasina, John and Kurt W. Rotthoff (2008) The Impact of a Professional Sports Franchise on County Employment and Wages International Journal of Sport Finance November, Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp 210-227
Rotthoff, Kurt W. (2008) Could Affirmative Action be Efficient in Higher Education? Economics Letters June Vol 99/3, pp 574-576