Research

Research Interests

• Behavioral Economics

• Sports Economics

• Corruption and Favoritism

• Contest Theory

• Gender Economics

• Operational Research

Articles in Refereed Journals

1. Bühren, C., Gschwend, M., & Krumer, A. (2024): "Expectations, gender, and choking under pressure: Evidence from alpine skiing", Journal of Economic Psychology, 100, 102692

2. Krumer, A., & Musau, A. (2024): "Golden tears: A cross-country study of crying in the Olympics", Emotion, 24(1), 27-38

3. Krumer, A. (2024): “On the cost of wearing white shorts in women's sport”, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 110, 102214. 

4. 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

5. 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)

6. Faltings, R., Krumer, A., & Lechner, M. (2023): "Rot-Jaune-Verde. Language and favoritism: Evidence from Swiss soccer", Kyklos, 76(3), 380-406

7. 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)

8. Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2023): "Strategic manipulation in round-robin tournaments", Mathematical Social Sciences, 122, 50-57

9. Krumer, A. (2023): “Discouragement effect and alternative formats to increase suspense in professional biathlon", European Sport Management Quarterly, 23(2), 391-410

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Joustra, S., Koning, R., & Krumer, A. (2021): "Order effects in elite gymnastics", De Economist, 169 (1), 21-35

14. 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

15. 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.

16. Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2020): "The optimal design of round-robin tournaments with three players", Journal of Scheduling, 23, 379-396

17. Krumer, A. (2020): "Pressure versus ability: Evidence from penalty shoot-outs between teams from different divisions", Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 89, 101578.

18. Krumer, A. (2020): "Testing the effect of kick-off time in the UEFA Europa League", European Sport Management Quarterly, 20(2), 225-238

19. 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

20. Iqbal, H., & Krumer, A. (2019): “Discouragement effect and intermediate prizes in multi-stage contests: Evidence from Davis Cup", European Economic Review, 118, 364-381

21. 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. In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric.

22. 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. 

23. Krumer, A., & Lechner., M. (2018): “Midweek effect on soccer performance: Evidence from the German Soccer Bundesliga”, Economic Inquiry, 56(1), 193-207

24. 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

25. Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2017): "Round-robin tournaments with a dominant player", The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119(4), 1167-1200

26. 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

27. Cohen-Zada, D., Krumer, A., & Shtudiner, Z. (2017): "Psychological momentum and gender", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 135, 66-81

28. Krumer, A., Megidish, R., & Sela, A. (2017): "The first mover advantage in round robin tournaments", Social Choice and Welfare, 48 (3),  633-658

29. Krumer, A. (2017): "On winning probabilities, weight categories, and home advantage in professional judo", Journal of Sports Economics, 18 (1), 77-96

30. Krumer, A., Rosenboim, M., & Shapir, O. (2016): "Gender, competitiveness and physical characteristics: Evidence from professional tennis", Journal of Sports Economics, 17 (3), 234-259 

31. Krumer, A. (2015): "The order of games in a best-of-three contest", Journal of Sports Economics, 16 (2), 185-200

32. Krumer, A. (2013): "Best-of-two contests with psychological effects", Theory and Decision, 75 (1), 85-100

33. 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

Other Publications

• Women respond better than men to competitive pressure, Defend Your Research in Harvard Business Review, November-December 2017, 34-35

• Krumer, A. (2023): Several milestones in innovation in football. In Ratten, V. (Ed.), Football Entrepreneurship. Routledge, Foreword.

Book Chapters

1. 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. Edward Elgar, Chapter 3, 22-36.

2. 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.  Routledge,  Chapter 8.

3. 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. Edward Elgar Publishing, Chapter 21.

Working Papers 

• Krumer, A., Shapir, O., & Zou, Y.: "The size of the crowd and home advantage in football: Evidence from Chinese Super League"

• Guajardo, M., & Krumer, A.: "Tournament design for a FIFA World Cup with 12 four-team groups: Every win matters"

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, 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 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, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, The BE Journal of Theoretical Economics, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics