Unpublished Papers
An Invisible Union for an Invisible Labor Market: College Football and the Union Substitution Effect, ExpressO (2012)
Should college football players have collective bargaining rights? The NCAA’s contractual relationship with student athletes...
Labor Disputes in Professional Sports: How Federal Judges Referee Antitrust Lawsuits-- False Starts and Technical Fouls, ExpressO (2011)
Using a database of 83 published court opinions from 1970-2011, I show that players have...
The Narcotic Effect of Antitrust Law in Professional Sports: How the Sherman Act Subverts Collective Bargaining, ExpressO (2011)
Using textual analysis and data from federal court opinions, I explore the relationship between collective...
Are Arbitrators Above the Law? The "Manifest Disregard of the Law" Standard, ExpressO (2010)
Arbitration is supposed to be final and binding. But federal and state laws, and judicial...
Do Partisan Elections of Judges Produce Unequal Justice? When Courts Review Employment Arbitrations, ExpressO (2009)
Partisan election of judges is a growing concern as large contributions pour into judicial elections....
Other
Compulsory Labor in a National Emergency: Public Service or Involuntary Servitude? The Case of Crippled Ports, ExpressO (2006)
The 13th Amendment ban on involuntary servitude has new relevance as the U.S. grapples with...
As the Enterprise Wheel Turns: New Evidence on the Finality of Labor Arbitration Awards, ExpressO (2006)
Our study examines 281 federal court decisions from April 2001- May 2006 that ruled on...