Euro 2016 Workshop, June 10 2016

The Centre for Institutions and Economic History at the University of Reading presents the Euro 2016 Workshop on June 10 2016. June 10 is the opening day of the Euro 2016 tournament in France, and the workshop's evening events will take in the opening match between France and Romania.

If you would like to attend, please contact me at j.j.reade@reading.ac.uk.

Sport, and football in particular, presents a rich environment in which to test economic theories, and in which to apply them also.

Sport, and football in particular, is big business. Local football clubs are institutions central to their communities, even the clubs that compete across Europe in the most lucrative competitions. Football provides reasons for people of all ages and all walks of life to get together, be it to kick a ball around or to watch others kicking a ball around. The 2016 European Championships in France will be a boon for retailers of all types this summer, and indeed England will be cheered on by our firms more for the revenue generating potential of a successful campaign than necessarily for the sporting success. Either way, football is big business - not least for economists: it provides opportunities to test economic theories, but also contexts in which to apply economic reasoning and impact outcomes.

Programme

Room: Henley Business School G10

09:30-10:00 Registration

10:00-10:15 Introductory Remarks

10:15-11:00 Session 1

James Reade (Reading) “Home advantage in International football”

11:00-11:30 Coffee

11:30-13:00 Session 2

Rob Simmons (Lancaster) “The Special Ones: Do Managers Make a Difference?”

Jan Hoecker (Wuerzburg) “Asymmetric Employer Learning about Talent in Professional Soccer”

13:00-14:30 Lunch

14:30-16:00 Session 3

Thomas Peeters (Erasmus) “Entry, career dynamics and worker quality in the market for talent”

Barry Reilly (Sussex) “What a difference a day makes: the impact of fixture scheduling on the demand for Irish soccer”

16:00-16:30 Coffee

16:30-17:30 Keynote

Alex Bryson (UCL) “What happens when economic theory meets sports data?”

18:30-20:00 Dinner

20:00-22:00 Opening Match - France v Romania