Roger Noll

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Roger Noll
Born (1940-03-13) March 13, 1940 (age 82)
NationalityAmerican
Institution Stanford University
Field Sports economics
Alma mater California Institute of Technology (B.S. with honors, 1962)
Harvard University (Ph.D., 1967)
Doctoral
advisor
Robert Dorfman
Doctoral
students
Jeffrey Milyo
Barry R. Weingast
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship in Economics (1983)

Roger Noll (born March 13, 1940) [1] is an American economist and emeritus professor of economics at Stanford University. He is also a fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the director of the Program in Regulatory Policy there. [2] He is known for his research on sports economics, such as the construction of professional sports stadiums. [3] He has testified against the NCAA in multiple court cases, including O'Bannon v. NCAA . [4] [5] In 1983, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in economics. [6]

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References

  1. "Declaration of Expert Witness Roger G. Noll" (PDF). 2013-10-04. p. 9.
  2. "Roger Noll". Stanford Public Policy Program. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. Almond, Elliott (2017-03-22). "Raiders' Las Vegas plan flimsy, Stanford economist says". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. Berkowitz, Steve (2014-06-10). "Day 2 of O'Bannon trial all about one guy, economics expert". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
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