Prof. Dr. Tim Pawlowski

Chair of Sport Economics, Sport Management and Media Research

Contact
Institute of Sports Science
Wächterstrasse 67,
1^st floor, room 101
07071 29-76544
tim.pawlowskispam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de
Consultation Times (PDF)

Research lines

Spectator sports (applied behavioral economics)
Sports leagues and competitions (applied industrial economics)
Sports funding and public finance (applied public economics)
Sports participation in society (applied health and labour economics)

Research projects

Short vita

Since 2019

Vice Dean for Research

University of Tübingen

Since 2012

Full Professor of Sport Economics

University of Tübingen

2010-2012

Assistant Professor of Sport Economics

German Sport University Cologne

2009

Ph.D. in Sport Economics

German Sport University Cologne

2007

Diploma (M. Sc. equivalent) in Sports Science

German Sport University Cologne

2007

Diploma (M. Sc. equivalent) in Economics

University of Cologne

Curriculum vitae

Selected publications

Journal articles

Exploring entertainment utility from football games,
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 223, 185-198, 2024. (with D. Ram., P. Ramirez, J. Reade, & G. Rossi).
An alternative prior for estimation in high-dimensional settings,
Structural Equation Modelling, 1-13, 2024 (with M. Nagel, L. Fischer, & A. Kelava).
Do local expenditures on sports facilities affect sports participation?,
Economic Inquiry, 61(4), 1103-1128, 2023. (with C. Steckenleiter, M. Lechner, & U. Schüttoff).
Individual labor market effects of local public expenditures on sports,
Labour Economics, 70, 101996, 2021 (with C. Steckenleiter, T. Wallrafen, & M. Lechner).
Nationalistic bias among international experts: Evidence from professional ski jumping,
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 124(1), 278-300, 2022. (with A. Krumer & F. Otto).
Perceived game uncertainty, suspense and the demand for sport,
Economic Inquiry, 56(1), 173-192, 2018 (with G. Nalbantis & D. Coates).
Sports participation and social capital formation during adolescence,
Social Science Quarterly, 99(2), 683-698, 2018 (with U. Schüttoff, P. Downward & M. Lechner).
Can sport really help to meet the Millennium Development Goals? Evidence from children in Peru,
Journal of Sports Economics, 19(4), 498-521, 2018 (with U. Schüttoff, P. Downward & M. Lechner).
On the release of players to national teams,
Journal of Sports Economics, 16(7) 695-713, 2015 (with O. Gürtler & M. Lang).

Books

Downward, P, Frick, B., Humphreys, B. R., Pawlowski, T., Ruseski, J. & Soebbing, B. P. (2019). The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics. Thousand Oaks (California): SAGE Publications Ltd.
Pawlowski, T. & Fahrner, M. (2017). Arbeitsmarkt und Sport – eine ökonomische Betrachtung / Sport Labor Economics. Schorndorf: Hofmann.
Deutscher, C., Hovemann, G., Pawlowski, T. & Thieme, L. (2016). Handbuch Sportökonomik. Schorndorf: Hofmann.
Nalbantis, G. & Pawlowski, T. (2016). The Demand for International Football Telecasts in the United States (Palgrave Pivots in Sports Economics Issue 1, edited by W. Andreff & A. Zimbalist). Houndmills (UK): Palgrave.
Pawlowski, T. (2014). Sportökonomik - Einführung kompakt. Konstanz und München: UVK.
Pawlowski, T. & Breuer, C. (2014). Sport und öffentliche Finanzen - Die sportbezogenen Einnahmen und Ausgaben öffentlicher Haushalte in Deutschland (Essentials). Wiesbaden: Springer.
Pawlowski, T. (2013). Wettbewerbsintensität im Profifußball - Eine empirische Untersuchung zur Bedeutung für die Zuschauer. Wiesbaden: Springer-Gabler Research.
Pawlowski, T. & Breuer, C. (2012). Die finanzpolitische Bedeutung des Sports in Deutschland. Wiesbaden: Springer-Gabler Research.

Book chapters

Schüttoff, U., Glaser, L., & Pawlowski, T. (2025). Fungible and non-fungible tokens in sports. In D. Memmert (ed.), Digitalisierung und Innovation im Sport und in der Sportwissenschaft. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer
Pawlowski, T. (2022). Reference point behavior and sports. In H. Altman, M. Altman, & B. Torgler (eds.). Behavioural Sports Economics: A Research Companion. New York: Routledge, 169-182.
Richardson, T.W., Pawlowski, T., Nalbantis, G. (2022). Competition design of the FIFA World Cup. In S. Chadwick et al (eds.). Business of the FIFA World Cup. Milton Park: Routledge.
Pawlowski, T. & Nalbantis, G. (2019). Competitive balance: measurement and relevance. In Downward, P, Frick, B., Humphreys, B. R., Pawlowski, T., Ruseski, J. & Soebbing, B. P. (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics (p. 154-162). Thousand Oaks (California): SAGE Publications Ltd.
Pawlowski, T. & Schüttoff, U. (2019). Sport and social capital formation. In Downward, P, Frick, B., Humphreys, B. R., Pawlowski, T., Ruseski, J. & Soebbing, B. P. (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics (p. 54-63). Thousand Oaks (California): SAGE Publications Ltd.

University / community tasks and positions

Deputy Dean of the Faculty
Vice Dean for Research of the Faculty
Deputy Director of the Institute of Sports Science
Chair of the Ethical Commission of the Faculty
Deputy Chair of the PhD Program Commission of the Faculty
Member of the Faculty Board
Member of the Faculty Council
Member of the Advisory Board for the Humanities
Member of the Committee for Core Facilities
Steering Board Member of the LEAD Graduate School and Research Network
Member of the advisory board for the Federal Institute for Sports Science (BISp) for the ‘German Sport Satellite Accounts’ (SSA) project
Committee member ‘New Researchers Award’ of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM)
Founding board member (and general secretary 2013-2017) of the European Sport Economics Association (ESEA)
Editorial board member at the European Sport Management Quarterly (Since 2013), the Journal of Sports Economics (Since 2018), and Sports Economics Review (since 2022)
Ad-hoc reviewer for more than 30 other journals, including Nature–Scientific Reports, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economic Psychology, and Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Ad-hoc reviewer for several scientific institutions, including the Federal Institute for Sports Science (BISp), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Regular guest speaker in several educational programs of clubs, associations and federations, including the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)