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Stephen Dobson

Stephen DobsonBSc(Econ)(Hull), MA, PhD (CNAA)

Stephen joined the Department in 2002 from the Queen's University of Belfast. He has also taught at the Universities of Hull, Leeds and Reading as well as at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad. Stephen's main research interest is the economics of professional team sports, while his teaching interests include microeconomics and sports economics.

Stephen currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sports Economics, the International Journal of Sport Finance, and the International Journal of Sports Science and Engineering.

Contact Details

Office CO720
Tel 64 3 479 5296
Fax 64 3 479 8174
Email sdobson@business.otago.ac.nz

Current Teaching

Publications 2006 -

"Are football referees really biased and inconsistent? Evidence on the incidence of disciplinary sanction in the English Premier League" Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (2007) Vol. 170 No.1 pp 231-250 (with JA Goddard, J Wilson and P Dawson)

"Why do rates of ß-convergence differ? A meta-regression analysis" Scottish Journal of Political Economy (2006) Vol. 53 No.2 pp 153-173 (with C Ramlogan and E Strobl)

You can view Stephen's Publications in PDF format.