Ricardo Manuel Santos, Ph.D.

Department: Department of Economics

Phone: +1 (210) 9998362

Email Address: rsantos@trinity.edu

Location: Chapman Center

Room: 45

Website: CV

I am from Portugal and completed my Ph.D in Economics at the University of Rochester in 2009. My dissertation was about Dynamic Labor Supply and Strategies. Concluding my Ph.D, I spent one year working at ITAM in Mexico City, and I arrived at Trinity in 2010.

My research has continued my focus on dynamic implications of labor supply decisions, exploring its effects on contemporaneous earnings, and it's role of insurance against future income shocks. Together with my co-authors, we also explore the effects of taxation in this dynamic environment and it's strong implications to the measurement of labor supply elasticities.

I also work on Sports Economics with topics that include optimal coaching strategies, competitive balance in sports competitions, and forecasting success. My most recent research explores penalty kick data to test and evaluate economic theories such as the Minimax Theorem, and the presence of a 1st Mover Advantage.

Education

Ph.D in Economics, University of Rochester

M.A. in Economics, University of Rochester
Diploma (B.A.) in Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Selected Publications

"Gender Differences in the Determinants of Choking Under Pressure: evidence from penalty kicks in soccer" (Social Science Quarterly, Vol.105, No.4, 2024).

"Modelling Strategies in Sports" (Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol.52, No.2-3, 2024).

"Optimal Strategies in the Penalty Kick game in soccer: a model that allows players to wait" (International Journal of Sport Finance, Vol.19, No.3, 2024).

“Effects of Psychological Pressure on First-Mover Advantage in Competitive Environments: evidence from penalty shootouts” (Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol.41, No.2, 2023).

“Euro Cup against Copa America? A cross-regional tournament comparison” (The International Journal of Sport and Society, Vol.14, No.1, 2023).

“FIFA World Cup: a case of (in)efficiency of the betting market” (International Journal of Sport Finance, Vol.15, No.3, 2020).

“A Forecasting Model of Success at the Euro Tournaments: The Role of Team’s Performance at Qualifying Games” (Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol.21, No.8, 2019).

“Dynamic effects of labor supply: a mechanism explaining cross-sectional differences in hours” (Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 17, No.4, 2014).

“Optimal Soccer Strategies” (Economic Inquiry, Vol.52, No.1, 2014).

“Contributions for an Economic Perspective on School Choice” (Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, Vol.13, No.3, 2012); joint with James Nordlund.

“Cross-sectional differences in the use of time” (International Journal of Economics, Vol.5, No.1, 2011).