On my way to the European Sports Economics Association (ESEA), Zurich. Always happy to learn. Will be sharing this paper this year

It finally came out: How could a country like Colombia, between 1949 and 1953, without a footballing tradition and with a predominantly rural economy, sustain a league that many considered the best in the world? www.amazon.com/Economics-Br...

Group picture of the wonderful 20th edition of the Gijón Conference on Sports Economics organized by Plácido Rodríguez.

After 5+ years of research in Colombia, Argentina, Peru, co-authored with Andrés Álvarez, it's about to come out the book on the economics behind El Dorado. www.routledge.com/The-Economic...

It's up my most recent paper on "The role of Age in Labor Productivity. How Age Matters in Professional Football" in the Journal of Sports Economics

Mi primera columna en @elespectador.com del año Cristiano Ronaldo seguramente llegará a 1.000 en partidos oficiales antes de retirarse. Messi igual. A Pelé, en partidos oficiales, ya ambos lo superaron. Pero no. Pelé sí anotó más de 1.000 goles, válidos. golyfutbol.com/post/2026/01...

Los 500 goles que le roban a Pelé · Gol y Fútbol

Analítica de datos del fútbol: Estadística, economía y también mucha historia del deporte rey.

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The end of the successful second Latin American Sports Economics Conference -PUCP Lima. lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Jane Ruseski on name, image & likeness legalization on NCAA lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Antonio Llopis, biases in decision making using VAR. lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Werner Schuler working to understand the altitude using Peruvian data lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Dennis Coates on attendance demand from away fans lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

San Hoey on the legacy of skilled managers. lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

James Reade keynote talk on ranking football players lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

César Mora exploring the role of sporting infrastructure in high school students in Peru lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Benjamin Holmes works on optimizing algorithms to obtain the best possible squad in football lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Bernd Frick on hiring practices in top European football leagues lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Starting de second day of sessions in the Latin American Sports Economics Conference, PUCP - Lima. Roberto Álvarez, determinants of transfer fees in Chilean football lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Elina Ibragimova on risky behavior studying volleyball 🏐 lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Shirin Mollah study the impact of promotion and relegation on local labor demand lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Juan Tena (U. Liverpool) studying VAR and its biases lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Daría Tabashnikova on gender differences.and peer effects lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Sam Hoey on understanding manager discrimination in English football lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Renzo Álvarez on why some teams apparently overperform despite having less talent lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Keynote speech, Brad Humphreys, on changes taking place in the sports betting market lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Guillermo Herrera (PUCP) exploring the role of alternative indicators (health expenditure) to understand Olympic performance in developing countries. lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Bernd Frick, Weightlifting to understand gender, risk tolerance and overconfidence lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Second Latin American Sports Economics Conference 2

Second Latin American Sports Economics Conference (LASEC-2), July 17-18, 2025, at PUCP, Lima. Join top experts discussing the economic impact of sports in Latin America.

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Dennis Coates on salary dispersion and team performance lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Minutes away from starting the sessions at LASEC-2 in Lima. Lot's of hard work behind. Happy. lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Brad Humphreys on the State of Art of Sports Economics LASEC-2 Lima.

Next week we'll be in Lima for the 2nd Latin American Sports Economics Conference. Check out the outstanding roster we have final at lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe

Second Latin American Sports Economics Conference 2

Second Latin American Sports Economics Conference (LASEC-2), July 17-18, 2025, at PUCP, Lima. Join top experts discussing the economic impact of sports in Latin America.

lasec2025.pucp.edu.pe