Neil Longley
Associate Professor
Selected Publications:
Longley, Neil and Swaminathan Sankaran "The Incentive Effects of Overtime Rules in Professional Hockey: A Comment and Extension" in the Journal of Sports Economics, April 6, 2007: p. 546.
Longley, Neil and Steve McKelvey (2006) "Venezuela Holds Lessons for MLB" in SportsBusiness Journal, March 13, 2006: p. 24
Longley, Neil and Sam Sankaran (2005) "The NHL"s Overtime-Loss Rule: Empirically Analyzing the Unintended Effects", Atlantic Economic Journal33: 137-138.
Longley, Neil (2005) "The Role of Performance Volatility in Pricing Human Assets; Adapting the 'Capital Asset Pricing Model' to Salary Determination in Professional Sports". Journal of Business and Economic Studies 11(1): 1-18
Longley, Neil (2003) “The Effects of Inter-League Competition on Labor Market Discrimination: Assessing the Impacts of the World Hockey Association”, The Social Science Journal 40(4): 651-656
Longley, Neil (2003) “Measuring Employer-Based Discrimination Versus Customer-Based Discrimination: The Case of French Canadians in the National Hockey League”, American Journal of Economics and Sociology 62(2): 365-381
Longley, Neil and Terry Wu (2003) “The Applicability of NAFTA to the Subsidization of US-Based NHL Teams: Legal and Economic Perspectives” Law and Business Review of the Americas 9(3)
Publications in Refereed Journals
Longley, Neil and Sam Sankaran (2005) “The NHL’s Overtime-Loss Rule: Empirically Analyzing the Unintended Effects”, Atlantic Economic Journal 33: 137-138
Longley, Neil (2005) “The Role of Performance Volatility in Pricing Human Assets: Adapting the ‘Capital Asset Pricing Model’ to Salary Determination in Professional Sports”. Journal of Business and Economic Studies 11(1): 1-18
Longley, Neil (2003) “The Effects of Inter-League Competition on Labor Market Discrimination: Assessing the Impacts of the World Hockey Association”, The Social Science Journal 40(4): 651-656
Longley, Neil (2003) “Measuring Employer-Based Discrimination Versus Customer-Based Discrimination: The Case of French Canadians in the National Hockey League”, American Journal of Economics and Sociology 62(2): 365-381
Wu, Terry and Longley, Neil (2003) “The Applicability of NAFTA to the Subsidization of US-Based NHL Teams: Legal and Economic Perspectives” Law and Business Review of the Americas 9(3): 571-592
Longley, Neil (2003) “The Variability of Management Expenses Across Canadian Mutual Funds: The Importance of Agency Problems”, Canadian Investment Review 16(4): 30-34
Longley, Neil (2003) “Modeling the Legislator as an Agent for the Party: The Effects of Strict Party Discipline on Legislator Voting Behavior” Contemporary Economic Policy 21(4): 490-499
Longley, Neil (2000), “The Underrepresentation of French Canadians on English Canadian NHL Teams: Evidence From 1943 to 1998” Journal of Sports Economics 1(3): 236-256
Wu, Terry, and Longley, Neil (2000), “Negotiating Chile’s Entry to NAFTA: Trade and Investment Issues” International Journal of Public Administration 23(5-8): 1415-1442
Longley, Neil (1999), “Voting on Abortion in the House of Commons: A Test for Legislator Shirking” Canadian Public Policy 25(4): 501-519
Longley, Neil (1998), "Legislative Systems with Absolute Party Discipline: Implications for the Agency Theory Approach to the Constituent-Legislator Link" Public Choice 97(1): 121-140
Longley, Neil (1997), "Do English Canadian Hockey Teams Discriminate Against French Canadian Players?: A Reply" Canadian Public Policy 22(3): 217-220
Longley, Neil, and Terry Wu (1996), "Negotiating Chile's Accession to NAFTA: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Issues” Journal of World Trade 30(1): 53-65
Longley, Neil, (1995) "Salary Discrimination in the National Hockey League: The Effects of Team Location" Canadian Public Policy 21(4): 413-422
Longley, Neil, and Terry Wu, (1992) "Mexican and U.S. Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Policies: Issues in the Free Trade Negotiations" Law and Policy in International Business 23(4): 891-912
Wu, Terry, and Neil Longley (1991) "The U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: A Model for a U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Pact?" Columbia Journal of World Business 26(2): 60-71
Wu, Terry, and Neil Longley (1991) "A U.S.- Mexico Free Trade Agreement: U.S. Perspectives", Journal of World Trade 25(3): 5-14
Articles Published in Magazines/Trade Publications
Longley, Neil and Steve McKelvey (2006) “Venezuela Holds Lessons for MLB” in SportsBusiness Journal, March 13, 2006: p. 24
Book Chapters:
Longley, Neil (2006) "Racial Discrimination" in Handbook on the Economics of Sport (eds. Wladimir Andreff and Stefan Szymanski) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK
Longley, Neil (2004) “The Professional Football Industry in Canada: Economic and Policy Issues” in International Sports Economics Comparisons (eds. Rodney Fort and John Fizel ) Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT:,
Longley, Neil (2001) “Salary Discrimination in the National Hockey League: The Effects of Team Location” in The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics: The Economics of Sport (ed. Andrew Zimbalist), Edward Elgar, London, UK (Reprint of 1995 Canadian Public Policy article)
Book Reviews:
Longley, Neil (2000), Review of Game Theory and Canadian Politics (by Thomas Flanagan) for the journal Public Choice (by invitation of Book Review Editor of the journal) 103 (1/2)
Conference Presentations:
"The Migration of African Americans to the Canadian Football League during the Mid-20th Century: An Escape from Racism?" (with Todd Crosset and Steve Jefferson), International Association of Sports Economists conference; Dayton, Ohio: May, 2007
"The Playoff Season in North American Sports Leagues: The Theoretical and Empirical Effects on Competitive Balance Outcomes", International Association of Sports Economists conference; Bochum, Germany: May, 2006
"Assessing the Strength of the NHL's Monopoly" Is a Rival League Viable?", International Association of Sports Economists conference; Ottawa, Canada: June, 2005.
“The Effect of a Game’s Payoff Structure on the Strategic Behavior of its Participants: Comparing the National Hockey League with European Football Leagues” (with S. Sankaran), International Association of Sports Economists conference; Athens, Greece: June, 2004
“The Market Power of the Canadian Hockey League: ‘Amateur’ Players, ‘Professional’ Leagues”, International Association of Sports Economists conference; Neuchatel, Switzerland: May, 2003
“Voting Abstentions in the Canadian House of Commons: An Agency Theory Approach to Analysing the Effects of Strict Party Discipline”, Canadian Economics Association conference; Calgary, Alberta: June, 2002
“The Role of Systematic Performance Volatility in Pricing Human Assets: Applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model to the Analysis of NHL Salaries”, Canadian Economics Association conference; Calgary, Alberta: May, 2002
“Agency Costs and the Ethical Investor: Examining the Management Expense Ratios of Ethical Mutual Funds”, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada conference (Finance Division), Winnipeg, Manitoba: May, 2002
“A Market Test for Discrimination in the National Hockey League” (with Stefan Szymanski), European Labour Economics Association conference; Jyvaskyla, Finland: September, 2001 (presented by my co-author)
“A Model to Partition Employee Performance-Volatility: Measuring the Risk Characteristics of NHL Players”, Western Economic Association conference; San Francisco, California: July, 2001
“Modelling the Legislator as an Agent for the Party: The Effects of Strict Party Discipline on Legislator Voting Behavior”, Western Economic Association conference; San Francisco, California: July, 2001
“Simultaneously Serving Two Principals: How Legislators Resolve Role Conflicts in Systems of Party Discipline”, Public Choice Society conference; San Antonio, Texas: March, 2001
“The Variability of Management Expenses Across Canadian Mutual Funds: Examining Alternative Explanations”, Northern Finance Association conference; Calgary, Alberta: September, 1999
“The Role of Financial Markets in Regulating Corporate Behaviour Towards the Environment”, Canadian Society for Ecological Economics conference; Regina, Saskatchewan: August, 1999
“Management Expense Ratios in Mutual Funds Markets: An Agency Theory Approach”, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada conference (Finance Division); Saint John, New Brunswick: June, 1999
“A Test For Ideological Shirking in the Canadian Parliament”, Public Choice Society conference; New Orleans, Louisiana: March, 1999
“Negotiating Chile's Entry to NAFTA: Trade and Investment Issues”, Academy of International Business conference; Banff, Alberta: September, 1996 (with T. Wu)
“Extending NAFTA to Chile: Issues and Implications”, Pan-Pacific conference; Dunedin, New Zealand: May, 1995 (with T. Wu)
“The North American Free Trade Agreement: The Attainability of U.S. Objectives”, Facing North/Facing South conference; Kalamazoo, Michigan: May, 1994 (with T. Wu)
“Salary Discrimination in the National Hockey League: An Empirical Analysis”, Western Economics Association conference; Seattle, Washington: July, 1991
“The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Economic and Political Issues for the Northwest”, Pacific Northwest Regional Economic conference; Bellingham, Washington: April, 1990 (with T. Lowinger)
Invited Presentation
"Current Economic and Financial Issues in Major League Baseball", 1er Seminario Internacional en Alta Gerencia Deportiva (1st International Seminar in Sport Managmeent), Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela: November 2005.
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