My research focuses on labour market and personnel issues in the world of professional sports. Current work explores the relationship between race and coaching hierarchy in the NFL, and in particular the role of the league’s Affirmative Action policy, the ‘Rooney Rule’. Other work includes studying the relationship between task allocation, performance and fatigue amongst (MLB) baseball pitchers.
2018-19 Econ321 Sports Economics
2019-20 Econ321 Sports Economics
2020-21 Econ207 Microeconomic Analysis
BSc Economics (Lancaster University)
MSc Economics (Lancaster University) - Dissertation Title : "The Determinants of Head Coach Replacement in English Football"
a.farnell@lancaster.ac.uk
PhD funding through the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
The Effects of Fatigue and Multitasking on Worker Performance. Evidence from MLB pitchers (with Dave Berri, Brian Mills, Vincent O'Sullivan & Rob Simmons)
Time to Go? Head Coach Quits and Dismissals in Professional Football (with Alex Bryson, Babatunde Buraimo & Rob Simmons)
Race and Coaching Hierachy in the NFL (with Dave Berri, Vincent O'Sullivan & Rob Simmons)
Did Sports Fixtures Contribute to Localised Covid-19 Outbreaks in the UK? (with Vincent O'Sullivan & Rob Simmons)
