Research
Research Interests
Articles in Refereed Journals
General interest economics and OR journals
Krumer, A. (2013). Best-of-two contests with psychological effects. Theory and Decision, 75 (1), 85-100.
Cohen-Zada, D., Krumer, A., & Shtudiner, Z. (2017). Psychological momentum and gender. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 135, 66-81.
Krumer, A., & Lechner., M. (2017). First in first win: Evidence on schedule effects in round-robin tournaments in mega events. European Economic Review, 100, 412-427.
Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2017). The first mover advantage in round robin tournaments. Social Choice and Welfare, 48 (3), 633-658.
Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2017). Round-robin tournaments with a dominant player. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119(4), 1167-1200.
Cohen-Zada, D., Krumer, A., Rosenboim, M., & Shapir, O. (2017). Choking under pressure and gender: Evidence from professional tennis. Journal of Economic Psychology, 61, 176-190.
Elaad, G., Krumer, A., & Kantor, J. (2018). Corruption and sensitive soccer games:Cross-country evidence. Journal of Law, Economics and Organisation, 34(3), 364-394.
Cohen-Zada, D., Krumer, A., & Shapir, O. (2018). Testing the effect of serve order in tennis tiebreak. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 146, 106-115.
Krumer, A., & Lechner., M. (2018). Midweek effect on soccer performance: Evidence from the German Soccer Bundesliga. Economic Inquiry, 56(1), 193-207.
Harb-Wu, K., & Krumer, A. (2019). Choking under pressure in front of a supportive audience: Evidence from professional biathlon. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 166, 246-262.
Iqbal, H., & Krumer, A. (2019). Discouragement effect and intermediate prizes in multi-stage contests: Evidence from Davis Cup. European Economic Review, 118, 364-381.
Bar-Eli, M., Krumer, A., & Morgulev, E. (2020). Ask not what economics can do for sports - ask what sports can do for economics. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 89, 101597.
Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2020). The optimal design of round-robin tournaments with three players. Journal of Scheduling, 23, 379-396.
Krumer, A. (2020). Pressure versus ability: Evidence from penalty shoot-outs between teams from different divisions. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 89, 101578.
Goller, D., & Krumer, A. (2020). Let's meet as usual: Do games played on non-frequent days differ? Evidence from top European soccer leagues. European Journal of Operational Research, 286(2), 740-754.
Joustra, S., Koning, R., & Krumer, A. (2021). Order effects in elite gymnastics. De Economist, 169 (1), 21-35.
Krumer, A., Otto, F., & Pawlowski, T. (2022). Nationalistic bias among International experts: Evidence from professional ski jumping. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 124 (1), 278-300.
Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2023). Strategic manipulation in round-robin tournaments. Mathematical Social Sciences, 122, 50-57.
Faltings, R., Krumer, A., & Lechner, M. (2023). Rot-Jaune-Verde. Language and favoritism: Evidence from Swiss soccer. Kyklos, 76(3), 380-406.
Di Mattia, A., & Krumer, A. (2023). Fewer teams, more games, larger attendance? Evidence from the structural change in basketball’s EuroLeague. European Journal of Operational Research, 309(1), 359-370.
Bühren, C., Gschwend, M., & Krumer, A. (2024). Expectations, gender, and choking under pressure: evidence from alpine skiing. Journal of Economic Psychology, 100, 102692.
Krumer, A. (2024). On the cost of wearing white shorts in women's sport. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 110, 102214.
Psychology journals
Krumer, A., Shavit, T.,& Rosenboim, M. (2011). Why do professional athletes have different time preferences than non-athletes?. Judgment and Decision Making, 6 (6) 542-551.
Krumer, A. & Smith, V. A. O. (2023). The effect of COVID-19 on home advantage in women’s soccer: Evidence from Swedish Damallsvenskan. American Behavioral Scientist, 67(10), 1168-1178.
Krumer, A., & Musau, A. (2024). Golden tears: A cross-country study of crying in the Olympics. Emotion, 24(1), 27-38.
Sports journals
Krumer, A. (2015). The order of games in a best-of-three contest. Journal of Sports Economics, 16 (2), 185-200.
Krumer, A., Rosenboim, M., & Shapir, O. (2016). Gender, competitiveness and physical characteristics: Evidence from professional tennis. Journal of Sports Economics, 17 (3), 234-259.
Krumer, A. (2017). On winning probabilities, weight categories, and home advantage in professional judo. Journal of Sports Economics, 18 (1), 77-96.
Krumer, A. (2020). Testing the effect of kick-off time in the UEFA Europa League. European Sport Management Quarterly, 20(2), 225-238.
Ermakov, S., & Krumer, A. (2023). Saturday in the stadium: On higher attendance on Saturdays in Norwegian Eliteserien soccer league. European Sport Manangement Quarterly, 23(6), 1800-1818.
Krumer, A., & Moreno-Ternero, J. (2023). The allocation of additional slots for the FIFA World Cup. Journal of Sports Economics, 24(7), 831-850 (lead article)
Krumer, A. (2023). Discouragement effect and alternative formats to increase suspense in professional biathlon. European Sport Management Quarterly, 23(2), 391-410.
Gschwend, M., & Krumer, A. (2023). On the importance of fixed effects over a short period of time when using sports data: A lesson from home advantage in alpine skiing. European Sport Management Quarterly, 23(5), 1291-1303 (lead article)
Krumer, A., Shapir, O., & Zou, Y. (2024). The size of the crowd and home advantage in football: Evidence from Chinese Super League. Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 4(3), 82-87.
Blum, A., Korlath, A., & Krumer, A. (2024). Targeted investment in elite sports: An empirical lesson from professional fencing. Managing Sport and Leisure, forthcoming.
Adler, L., & Krumer, A. (2025). Mapping the determinants of stadium attendance in Norwegian women's Toppserien soccer league. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 16, 47-74.
Other Publications
Book Chapters
Haugen, K. & Krumer, A. (2021). On importance of tournament design in sports management: Evidence from the UEFA Euro 2020 qualification. In Ratten, V. (Ed.), Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Sport Management (pp. 22-35). Edward Elgar.
Krumer, A. (2021). Does psychological momentum differ for home and away teams? Evidence from penalty shoot-outs in European cups. In Altman, H., Altman, M. & Torgler, B. (Eds.), Behavioural Sports Economics : A Research Companion (pp. 159-171). Routledge.
Krumer, A. (2021). Competing against the same team: does the length of time between the games matter? Evidence from the UEFA Champions League. In Koning, R. & Kesenne, S. (Eds), A Modern Guide to Sports Economics (pp. 317-334). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Guajardo, M. & Krumer, A. (2024). Tournament Design for a FIFA World Cup with 12 Four-Team Groups: Every Win Matters. In Breuer, M., Forrest, D. (Eds), The Palgrave Handbook on the Economics of Manipulation in Sport (pp. 207-230). Palgrave Macmillan.
Working Papers
Krumer, A., & Musau, A. (2025). Religion, football, and reconciliation: Evidence from Israel (R&R in Journal of Cultural Economy).
Krumer, A., Otto, F., & Pawlowski, T. (2025). Varying reference-point salience.
Colombe, K., Krumer, A., Lavelle-Hill, R., & Pawlowski, T. (2025). Racial bias, colorism, and overcorrection.
Di Mattia, A., & Krumer, A. (2025). The Effect of a Structural Change in Round-Robin Tournaments with Four Teams: Evidence from Beach Volleyball
Editorial Roles
2022-Present: Co-Founding Editor-in-Chief of Sports Economics Review.
2023-Present: Associate Editor in Empirical Economics
2020-Present: Associate Editor in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.
2019-2020: Guest Editor in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. Special issue- Behavioral Economics and Decision Making in Sports.
Refereeing
Economic Journal, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, European Journal of Operational Research, Management Science, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Industrial Economics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Games and Economic Behavior, Economics and Human Biology, Journal of Behavioral and Decision Making, Judgment and Decision Making, Scientific Reports, European Sport Management Quarterly, Aggressive Behavior, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Plos One, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Annals of Operational Research, Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of Sports Economics, Journal of Sports Sciences, German Economic Review, Social Choice and Welfare, Applied Economics, Journal of Sport Management, Journal of Sports Analytics, IZA World of Labor, Managerial and Decision Economics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, International Journal of Sport Finance, International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, Mathematical Social Sciences, Central European Journal of Operations Research, Managing Sport and Leisure, International Transactions in Operational Research, International Journal of Behavioral Accounting and Finance, Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, The BE Journal of Theoretical Economics, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Review of Industrial Organization
All the articles in chronological order
Adler, L., & Krumer, A. (2025). Mapping the determinants of stadium attendance in Norwegian women's Toppserien soccer league. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 16, 47-74.
Bühren, C., Gschwend, M., & Krumer, A. (2024). Expectations, gender, and choking under pressure: evidence from alpine skiing. Journal of Economic Psychology, 100, 102692.
Krumer, A., & Musau, A. (2024). Golden tears: A cross-country study of crying in the Olympics. Emotion, 24(1), 27-38.
Krumer, A. (2024). On the cost of wearing white shorts in women's sport. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 110, 102214.
Krumer, A., Shapir, O., & Zou, Y. (2024). The size of the crowd and home advantage in football: Evidence from Chinese Super League. Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 4(3), 82-87.
Blum, A., Korlath, A., & Krumer, A. (2024). Targeted investment in elite sports: An empirical lesson from professional fencing. Managing Sport and Leisure, forthcoming.
Di Mattia, A., & Krumer, A. (2023). Fewer teams, more games, larger attendance? Evidence from the structural change in basketball’s EuroLeague. European Journal of Operational Research, 309(1), 359-370.
Gschwend, M., & Krumer, A. (2023). On the importance of fixed effects over a short period of time when using sports data: A lesson from home advantage in alpine skiing. European Sport Management Quarterly, 23(5), 1291-1303 (lead article)
Faltings, R., Krumer, A., & Lechner, M. (2023). Rot-Jaune-Verde. Language and favoritism: Evidence from Swiss soccer. Kyklos, 76(3), 380-406.
Krumer, A., & Moreno-Ternero, J. (2023). The allocation of additional slots for the FIFA World Cup. Journal of Sports Economics, 24(7), 831-850 (lead article)
Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2023). Strategic manipulation in round-robin tournaments. Mathematical Social Sciences, 122, 50-57.
Krumer, A. (2023). Discouragement effect and alternative formats to increase suspense in professional biathlon. European Sport Management Quarterly, 23(2), 391-410.
Ermakov, S., & Krumer, A. (2023). Saturday in the stadium: On higher attendance on Saturdays in Norwegian Eliteserien soccer league. European Sport Manangement Quarterly, 23(6), 1800-1818.
Krumer, A. & Smith, V. A. O. (2023). The effect of COVID-19 on home advantage in women’s soccer: Evidence from Swedish Damallsvenskan. American Behavioral Scientist, 67(10), 1168-1178.
Krumer, A., Otto, F., & Pawlowski, T. (2022). Nationalistic bias among International experts: Evidence from professional ski jumping. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 124 (1), 278-300.
Joustra, S., Koning, R., & Krumer, A. (2021). Order effects in elite gymnastics. De Economist, 169 (1), 21-35.
Goller, D., & Krumer, A. (2020). Let's meet as usual: Do games played on non-frequent days differ? Evidence from top European soccer leagues. European Journal of Operational Research, 286(2), 740-754.
Bar-Eli, M., Krumer, A., & Morgulev, E. (2020). Ask not what economics can do for sports - ask what sports can do for economics. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 89, 101597.
Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2020). The optimal design of round-robin tournaments with three players. Journal of Scheduling, 23, 379-396.
Krumer, A. (2020). Pressure versus ability: Evidence from penalty shoot-outs between teams from different divisions. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 89, 101578.
Krumer, A. (2020). Testing the effect of kick-off time in the UEFA Europa League. European Sport Management Quarterly, 20(2), 225-238.
Harb-Wu, K., & Krumer, A. (2019). Choking under pressure in front of a supportive audience: Evidence from professional biathlon. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 166, 246-262.
Iqbal, H., & Krumer, A. (2019). Discouragement effect and intermediate prizes in multi-stage contests: Evidence from Davis Cup. European Economic Review, 118, 364-381.
Elaad, G., Krumer, A., & Kantor, J. (2018). Corruption and sensitive soccer games:Cross-country evidence. Journal of Law, Economics and Organisation, 34(3), 364-394.
Cohen-Zada, D., Krumer, A., & Shapir, O. (2018). Testing the effect of serve order in tennis tiebreak. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 146, 106-115.
Krumer, A., & Lechner., M. (2018). Midweek effect on soccer performance: Evidence from the German Soccer Bundesliga. Economic Inquiry, 56(1), 193-207.
Krumer, A., & Lechner., M. (2017). First in first win: Evidence on schedule effects in round-robin tournaments in mega events. European Economic Review, 100, 412-427.
Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2017). Round-robin tournaments with a dominant player. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119(4), 1167-1200.
Cohen-Zada, D., Krumer, A., Rosenboim, M., & Shapir, O. (2017). Choking under pressure and gender: Evidence from professional tennis. Journal of Economic Psychology, 61, 176-190.
Cohen-Zada, D., Krumer, A., & Shtudiner, Z. (2017). Psychological momentum and gender. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 135, 66-81.
Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2017). The first mover advantage in round robin tournaments. Social Choice and Welfare, 48 (3), 633-658.
Krumer, A. (2017). On winning probabilities, weight categories, and home advantage in professional judo. Journal of Sports Economics, 18 (1), 77-96.
Krumer, A., Rosenboim, M., & Shapir, O. (2016). Gender, competitiveness and physical characteristics: Evidence from professional tennis. Journal of Sports Economics, 17 (3), 234-259.
Krumer, A. (2015). The order of games in a best-of-three contest. Journal of Sports Economics, 16 (2), 185-200.
Krumer, A. (2013). Best-of-two contests with psychological effects. Theory and Decision, 75 (1), 85-100.
Krumer, A., Shavit, T.,& Rosenboim, M. (2011). Why do professional athletes have different time preferences than non-athletes?. Judgment and Decision Making, 6 (6) 542-551.
