Victor A. Matheson

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Education

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2001
• M.A., University of Minnesota, 1997
• B.A., St. Olaf College, Economics and Mathematics Magna Cum Laude, 1991

Fields

• Sports Economics, Public Finance, Economics of Lotteries and Gambling, Environmental Economics

Selected Work Experience

• Assistant Professor
  Department of Economics and Business, Lake Forest College, 1997-2001
• Facilitator
  Lewis University Continuing Education Program, 1997-2000
• Lecturer
  Masters of Business Taxation Program, University of Minnesota, 1997-1998
• Instructor
  Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, 1991-1997

Publications and Working Papers

• Victor A. Matheson (with Robert Baade), "An Economic Slam Dunk or March Madness? Assessing the Economic Impact of the NCAA Basketball Tournament," (with Robert Baade), The Economics of College Athletics, John Fizel and Rodney Fort, eds., forthcoming.
• __________ (with Kent Grote), "Lotto Fever! Do Lottery Players Act Rationally Around Large Jackpots?" under review, 2002.
• __________ (with Robert Baade), "The Quest for the Cup: The Economic Impact of the World Cup," under review, 2002.
• __________ (with Robert Baade), "Mega-Sporting Events: Playing the Way to Prosperity?" 2002.
• __________ (with Robert Baade), "The Death Effect Revisited," under review, 2002.
• __________ (with Kent Grote), "Jacking up the Jackpot: Are Lotto Consumers Fooled by Annuity Payments?" Public Finance Review, forthcoming.
• __________ (with Robert Baade), "Striking Out? Assessing the Economic Impact of the World Series," under review, 2002.
• __________ (with Robert Baade),"Bidding for the Olympics: Fool's Gold?" Transatlantic Sport, Carlos Barros, M urad Ibrahim, and Stefan Szymanski, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002.
• __________ (with Jolie K. B. Matheson, Joaquin Santolaya-Forgas, and Maureen McCorquodale), "Prenatal Diagnosis of Double Autosomal Mosaicism (47,XX,+8/47,XX+14): Phenotype and Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis on Different Tissues," Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 18(1), January/February 2003.
• __________, "Upon Further Review," The Sport Journal 5(1), Winter 2002.
• __________, "When are State Lotteries a Good Bet? (Revisited)," Eastern Economic Journal 27(1), Winter 2001.
• __________ (with Robert Baade), "Home Run or Wild Pitch? The Economic Impact of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game", Journal of Sports Economics 2(4), November 2001.
• __________ (with Robert Baade), "An Assessment of the Economic Impact of the American Football Championship, the Super Bowl, on Host Communities," Reflets et Perspectives 30(2-3), Summer 2000.
• __________ (with Robert Baade),"High Octane? The Economic Impact of the Daytona 500," Marquette Sports Law Journal 10(2), Spring 2000.
  

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