Research

Kotrba, V. (2025). Fan or player? Influence of fandom on profit maximization in fantasy sport. Review of Behavioral Economics. (accepted in press)

Kotrba, V., Menšík, J., & Martinez, L. F. (2025). ESG consequences for companies in the digital environment: Insights from sector-specific performance across the EU-27. Journal of Marketing Analytics. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41270-024-00370-7

Kotrba, V., Strnadová, M., Martinez, L. F., & Brinca, P. (2024). The Most Likeable Soccer Players and the Least Likeable Hockey Players are in Greater Demand. Journal of Economic Inequality. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-024-09650-9

Buttliere, B., Arvanitis, A., Białek, M., Choshen-Hillel, S., Davidai, S., Gilovich, T., Haran, U., Jiang-Wang, Á., Teo, Q. K., Kotrba, V., Liu, Ch., Mandel, D., Pennycook, G., Rebholz, T. R., Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M., Schwarz, N., Shtudiner, Z., Sloman, S., Sundh, J., Sunstein, C., Västfjäll, D., & Weick, M. (2024). Kahneman in quotes and reflections. Psychological Inquiry, 35(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2024.2366813

Kotrba, V., Menšík, J., & Martinez, L. F. (2024). Is ESG an Essential Topic for Companies Operating Primarily in the Digital Environment? In F. J. Martínez-López, L. F. Martinez, & P. Brüggemann (Eds.), Advances in Digital Marketing and eCommerce (pp. 236–247). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62135-2_24

Kotrba, V. (2024) The effect of absent audiences on Mixed Martial Arts performance during COVID-19. Ido Movement for Culture Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology, 24(3), 106–115. https://doi.org/10.14589/ido.24.3.12

Kotrba, V. (2024). The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale by John A. List (book review). Panoeconomicus, 71(2), 315-322.

Loník, I., & Kotrba, V. (2024). The key importance of spending on research and development in Formula One. Managerial and Decision Economics, 45(1), 70–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3983

Kotrba, V. (2023). Testing “hot hand” hypothesis at the individual athletes' level in soccer''. Economics Bulletin, 43(3), 1356-1365.

Rejthar, J., & Kotrba, V. (2023). Confirmation of the validity of the HLTV ranking. ICGA Journal, 45(1), 2-15. https://doi.org/10.3233/ICG-230229

Kotrba, V. (2023). Can a fighter develop glass jaw? Statistical evidence from mixed martial arts. Revista De Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 18(2), 95–102. https://doi.org/10.18002/rama.v18i2.6205

Frejlich, P., Chytilová, H., Kotrba, V. & Kotrba, P. (2023). Experimentální ověření platnosti Barrovy-Ricardovy ekvivalence. Politická ekonomie, 71(4), 366–389. https://doi.org/10.18267/j.polek.1387

Kotrba, V., & Dwyer, B. (2022). Examining racial discrimination in fantasy team selection: the case of Czech soccer fans. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 13(2), 248-267. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-02-2022-0012

Kotrba, V. (2021). Chtějí lidé skutečně vědět více? (book review). Politická ekonomie, 2021, 69 (5), 619–624, https://doi.org/10.18267/j.polek.1330

Kotrba, V. & Holman, R. (2021). Sports market as a data source for economics: With special emphasis on betting and fantasy sports. International Journal of Economic Sciences, 10(1), 53-70. http://doi.org/10.52950/ES.2021.10.1.004

Kotrba, V. (2021). Nationality-based prejudice in sports: Fan demand for foreign athletes in the Czech Republic. International Journal of Sport Finance, 16(1), 3-15. http://doi.org/10.32731/IJSF/161.022021.01 

Kotrba, V. (2020). More information, more points: Analyzing the time of filling the team in fantasy sport. Scientia et Societas, 16(2), 54-65.

Kotrba, V. (2020). Heuristics in fantasy sports: Is it profitable to strategize based on favourite of the match?. Mind & Society, 19(1), 195-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11299-020-00231-7

Kotrba, V. (2019). Direct preferences of sports fans: Is there a superstar effect in the fantasy league?. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 78, 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2018.12.010