Iuliia Naidenova, Petr Parshakov and Dennis Coates at 84th Annual Meetings of Southern Economic Association

22-24 November saw the 84th annual meeting of the Southern Economic Association* in Atlanta. The conference covered a wide range of topics, including 11 conference sessions devoted to sports economics.

Iuliia and Peter presented the paper "Soccer Sponsor: Fan or Businessman" written in collaboration with Alexey Chmykhov. Professor Dennis Coates, one of the ID Lab's leading research fellows, was both a speaker and organizer of a series of sports economics sessions.

*The Southern Economic Association is one of the oldest regional economics associations in the United States, dating back to a conference held in Atlanta in November 1928. From its founding, the purpose of the Southern Economic Association has been to further the education of scholars and the public in economic affairs. Toward this end, it seeks to stimulate interest in and disseminate results of recent research in theory and applied economics.