Showing posts with category "tiger woods"

Tiger Financial Fallout

How much will Tiger lose in income from recent negative publicity? This has been subject of considerable speculation around our hallways and on the web. In

Tiger, Jack, & "The Field"

With the U.S. Open going on, I've got golf on my mind, so here's another golf-related post. A Google search quickly reveals how much buzz the question of who

The Superstar Effect

A given tournament player is often thought to put forth more effort when he/she faces better competition. But what if there is a superstar in the tournament

Tiger in the House

In a recent paper, Jennifer Brown of Cal-Berkeley finds that when Tiger is player, the average score in tournaments increases by almost a stroke (0.8) for the

The "Tiger Effect" and Economic Impact

The Buick Open this year will be without Tiger Woods who is out with his well-publicized, but self-inflicted, "injury." So what effect does this have on the