Apologies for the late posting on NAASE's social media, though the announcement was also sent out by email.

NAASE is organizing sessions for the Eastern Econ. meetings May 6-9 in the Dominican Republic. (www.hyatt.com/secrets/en-U...)

If interested, please send a paper title and contact information to Eva Leeds (leedse@moravian.edu) or Victor Matheson (vmatheso@holycross.edu) by Oct. 31, 2025.

The selection committee was impressed by the paper’s clear contribution, clean identification, and policy-relevant focus. Congratulations Aiden!

Thank you to all of the entrants—there were several excellent submissions. (3/3)

Aiden studies both the extensive margin (is there a game) and intensive margin (variation in attendance) and finds that sports events in Manhattan and the Bronx increased EMS response time on game days thus contributing to the research on sports and traffic congestion. (2/3)

We are pleased to announce that Aiden Powell from West Virginia University is this year’s recipient of NAASE’s Graduate Student Paper Award for his paper “Professional Sporting Events and Emergency Medical Service Response Times: Evidence from New York City.” (1/3)

2025 Dennis Coates Closes Out His 30th Year At UMBC At The Top Of His Game With An Award From The North American Association Of Sports Economists The North American Association of Sports Economists established an award in Dennis Coates name and his long-time research partner, Brad R. Humphreys's honor.

A nicely done story about Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys:

umbc.edu/stories/denn...

A reminder ...

Call for papers: NAASE Graduate Student Paper Award. Email submissions to preilly@skidmore.edu. Submissions due October 1.

NAASE has an open slot in one of its sessions at the upcoming SEA meetings in Tampa. If you're interested in joining us, please contact Frank Stephenson at Berry College.

Call for papers: NAASE Graduate Student Paper Award. Email submissions to preilly@skidmore.edu. Submissions due October 1.

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A small loose end from NAASE's meeting in SF: One can sign up for contents alerts for the JSE using the link below (scroll down a bit and look at the right side of the page).

journals.sagepub.com/home/jse

With the WEA conference wrapping up today, we want to thank presenters and other participants for 7 good sessions and great informal conversations. We had participants from every continent other than Antarctica! We hope everyone has a safe trip home and look forward to seeing you again soon.

Jill Harris recently completed a four-year term on NAASE's executive committee. We are grateful for her service, including organizing NAASE's sessions at the WEA conference (something she will continue to do). Thank you Jill!

Clay Collins of UGA is joining the EC. Welcome Clay!

We are excited to announce the creation of the Coates-Humphreys NAASE Distinguished Research Award, with Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys as the inaugural winners. It will be given in odd-numbered years (the Hadley Award is given in even-numbered years). Congrats Brad & Dennis!

NAASE is now on BlueSky!

(We remain at the old place too)