Stefan Szymanski is Professor of Economics and MBA Dean at Cass Business School in London. Tim Harford has called him "one of the world's leading sports economists." Stefan has a global reputation, and has published in the" Journal of Political Economy," "Journal of Economic Literature" and "Economic Journal." He has also co-authored two books: "Winners and Losers: The Business Strategy of Football" and "National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer." His next book, "Fans of the World; Unite!," co-authored with Steve Ross and dealing with the reform of US sports leagues, will be published by Stanford University Press in autumn 2008. He has acted as a consultant to government and to several major sports organizations, such as the FIA (motor sport), UEFA (football) and ICC (cricket). He lives in London, UK.