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Priday, Benjamin Avin |
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| dc.date |
2016-06-06T18:47:14Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-06-06T18:47:14Z |
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| dc.date |
2015-05 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2023-02-20T15:06:58Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2023-02-20T15:06:58Z |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10267/27452 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/251088 |
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| dc.description |
Scanned onto a CD and uploaded with the author's permission. |
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| dc.description |
Few empirical studies have explored the effect of athletic performance at the college level on the application and admissions decisions of prospective students. In this paper, we create a model of college application and enrollment levels to determine whether successful football programs attract more first-year students in subsequent years. We exploit variation in athletic success across time by constructing a panel dataset that contains all schools with a Division I, II, or III football program during the 1998-2013 year range. We use several measures of athletic success, including win percentage, conference performance, and placement in the Associated Press College Poll. Using a school fixed effects model and accounting for general admissions trends across time, we estimate separate models for each division. Our results suggest that increases in a football team’s win percentage cause significant increases in applications for Division I-A schools. We find additional evidence suggesting that higher win percentages cause higher enrollment levels at the Division II and III level, but not for Division I schools. |
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| dc.description |
Read and sponsored by Courtney Collins, Patrick Gray, and C. Nick McKinney. |
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| dc.format |
application/pdf |
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| dc.publisher |
Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College |
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| dc.rights |
Rhodes College owns the rights to the archival digital objects in this collection. Objects are made available for educational use only and may not be used for any non-educational or commercial purpose. Approved educational uses include private research and scholarship, teaching, and student projects. For additional information please contact archives@rhodes.edu. Fees may apply. |
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| dc.subject |
Text |
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| dc.subject |
Economics, Department of |
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| dc.subject |
Student research |
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| dc.subject |
Honors papers |
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| dc.title |
The Impact of Collegiate Athletic Performance on Admissions Outcomes: Does a Winning Football Season Attract More Applicants? |
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| dc.type |
Thesis |
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