Handbook on the economics of sport /
Handbook on the economics of sport /
edited by Wladimir Andreff, Stefan Szymanski.
- Paperbk. ed.
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2009.
- xviii, 830 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Originally published: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sport and economics / Sports accounting / The production of professional team sports / The sports goods industry / Sport and gambling / Sponsorship / International trade in sports goods / The demand for sport / The demand for spectator sports / Attendance at sports events / The demand for sports broadcasting / The demand for media coverage / Economic impact analysis / Physical activity, sport and health / Employment in sport / Sporting externalities / The economic impact of mega-sporting events / The Olympics / The World Cup / The economic impact of sporting facilities / Voluntary work in sport / Governance and governing bodies in sport / The economics of the IOC / Government objectives and sport / Central government and sport / Sport and financing / Military sport / Local government and regional development in sport / The European model of sport / The Anglo-American model of sport / Sport in developing countries / Soviet and post-Soviet sport / International labour migration / Comparative advantage of nations / The theory of tournaments / Implications from the theory of contests for modelling and designing sports competitions / Citius, altius, fortius : the production of world records in the running and technical disciplines in track and rield / Golf / The economics of British horseracing / The economics of collegiate athletics / The economics of US intercollegiate sports and the NCAA / The economics of cycling / Extreme sports (climbing and mountaineering) / The economics of tennis / The development of team sports before 1914 / Organisational models of professional team sports leagues / Baseball economics / The economics of soccer /A Football in England / The state of the Italian football industry / The economics of soccer in Spain / Football in Germany / Football in France / American football / Labour economics on the hardwood : the NBA / European professional basketball in crisis, 1992-2002 / Ice hockey / The economic development of the Australian Football League / Rugby : strategy and structure / The economics of professional rugby / The economics of cricket / Uncertainty of outcome, competitive balance and the theory of team sports / The objective function of a team / Production functions for sporting teams / Revenue sharing / The reserve clause in major league baseball / The retain and transfer system / The Bosman case and European football / The reverse-order-of-finish draft in sports / Chasing the elusive salary cap / The luxury tax in professional sports / 'At the top table' : player unions in soccer / The player transfer system in soccer / Player agents / The promotion and relegation system / Team sports and finance / Inelastic sports pricing at the gate? : a survey / Financial innovation in professional team sports : the case of English Premiership soccer / Collective selling of broadcast rights in team sports / The sporting exception and the legality of restraints in the US / The specificity of sport and the European Community law : the example of nationality / Sport and globalisation : sport as a global public good / Racial discrimination / Gender discrimination / Doping / Corruption / Central government and sport / Sport and financing / Military sport / Local government and regional development in sport / The European model of sport / The Anglo-American model of sport / Sport in developing countries / Soviet and post-Soviet sport / International labour migration / Comparative advantage of nations / The theory of tournaments / Implications from the theory of contests for modelling and designing sports competitions / Citius, altius, fortius : the production of world records in the running and technical disciplines in track and rield / Golf / The economics of British horseracing / The economics of collegiate athletics / The economics of US intercollegiate sports and the NCAA / The economics of cycling / Extreme sports (climbing and mountaineering) / The economics of tennis / The development of team sports before 1914 / Organisational models of professional team sports leagues / Baseball economics / The economics of soccer /A Football in England / The state of the Italian football industry / The economics of soccer in Spain / Football in Germany / Football in France / American football / Labour economics on the hardwood : the NBA / European professional basketball in crisis, 1992-2002 / Ice hockey / The economic development of the Australian Football League / Rugby : strategy and structure / The economics of professional rugby / The economics of cricket / Uncertainty of outcome, competitive balance and the theory of team sports / The objective function of a team / Production functions for sporting teams / Revenue sharing / The reserve clause in major league baseball / The retain and transfer system / Wladimir Andreff and Stefan Szymanski -- Wladimir Andreff -- Jeff Borland -- Wladimir Andreff -- David Forrest -- Claude Jeanrenaud -- Wladimir Andreff -- Jean-Jacques Gouguet -- Rob Simmons -- Patrick Feehan -- Babatunde Buraimo -- Fr�ed�eric Bolotny and Jean-Fran�cois Bourg -- Victor Matheson -- Jean-Fran�cois Nys -- Didier Primault -- Jean-Jacques Gouguet and Eric Barget -- Robert A. Baade -- Holger Preuss -- Markus Kurscheidt -- Brad R. Humphreys -- Wladimir Andreff -- Thomas Hoehn -- Jean-Loup Chappelet -- Barrie Houlihan -- Jean-Fran�cois Nys -- Wladimir Andreff -- Jean-Fran�cois Nys -- Carlos Pestana Barros -- Peter J. Sloane -- Stefan Szymanski -- Wladimir Andreff -- Sandrine Poupaux -- Wladimir Andreff -- Wladimir Andreff -- Stefan Szymanski -- Gerd Muehlheusser -- Bernd Frick, Joachim Prinz and Frank Tolsdorf -- On the competitive structure in professional boxing, or, why the best boxers very seldom fight each other / Rafael Tenorio -- Chantelle Bramley -- Wray Vamplew -- Karl W. Einolf -- Robert Sandy -- Michel Desbordes -- Gilles Rotillon -- Eric Barget -- Wray Vamplew -- Andrew Zimbalist -- Stefan Szymanski -- John Goddard -- Stefan Szymanski -- Umberto Lago -- Jaume Garc�ia and Pl�acido Rodr�iguez -- Bernd Frick -- Fr�ed�eric Bolotny -- Michael Leeds -- David J. Berri -- Didier Primault -- Marc Lavoie -- Ross Booth -- John McMillan -- Pierre Chaix -- Ian Preston -- Stefan Szymanski -- Stefan K�esenne -- Jeff Borland -- Stefan Szymanski -- Lawrence Hadley -- Dennis Thomas -- Stefan K�esenne -- Leo H. Kahane -- Daniel R. Marburger -- Elizabeth Gustafson -- Braham Dabscheck -- Fiona Carmichael -- Daniel S. Mason -- Stefan Szymanski -- Wladimir Andreff -- Rodney Fort -- Bill Gerrard -- Susanne Parlasca -- Stefan Szymanski -- Jean-Christophe Breillat and Frank Lagarde -- Jean-Fran�cois Bourg and Jean-Jacques Gouguet -- Neil Longley -- Brad R. Humphreys -- Nicolas Eber -- Wolfgang Maennig.d sport / Barrie Houlihan -- Jean-Fran�cois Nys -- Wladimir Andreff -- Jean-Fran�cois Nys -- Carlos Pestana Barros -- Peter J. Sloane -- Stefan Szymanski -- Wladimir Andreff -- Sandrine Poupaux -- Wladimir Andreff -- Wladimir Andreff -- Stefan Szymanski -- Gerd Muehlheusser -- Bernd Frick, Joachim Prinz and Frank Tolsdorf -- On the competitive structure in professional boxing, or, why the best boxers very seldom fight each other / Rafael Tenorio -- Chantelle Bramley -- Wray Vamplew -- Karl W. Einolf -- Robert Sandy -- Michel Desbordes -- Gilles Rotillon -- Eric Barget -- Wray Vamplew -- Andrew Zimbalist -- Stefan Szymanski -- John Goddard -- Stefan Szymanski -- Umberto Lago -- Jaume Garc�ia and Pl�acido Rodr�iguez -- Bernd Frick -- Fr�ed�eric Bolotny -- Michael Leeds -- David J. Berri -- Didier Primault -- Marc Lavoie -- Ross Booth -- John McMillan -- Pierre Chaix -- Ian Preston -- Stefan Szymanski -- Stefan K�esenne -- Jeff Borland -- Stefan Szymanski -- Lawrence Hadley -- Introduction :
This handbook presents a survey of all the major research areas in sports economics. It offers an insight into the major findings of the literature as well as researchers' views on some of the questions remaining to be answered.
9781848443518 184844351X
GBA8B9479 bnb 014-77806 bnb
014778063 Uk 014-77806 uk
Sports--Economic aspects.
Professional sports--Economic aspects.
GV 716 / .H37 2009
Originally published: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sport and economics / Sports accounting / The production of professional team sports / The sports goods industry / Sport and gambling / Sponsorship / International trade in sports goods / The demand for sport / The demand for spectator sports / Attendance at sports events / The demand for sports broadcasting / The demand for media coverage / Economic impact analysis / Physical activity, sport and health / Employment in sport / Sporting externalities / The economic impact of mega-sporting events / The Olympics / The World Cup / The economic impact of sporting facilities / Voluntary work in sport / Governance and governing bodies in sport / The economics of the IOC / Government objectives and sport / Central government and sport / Sport and financing / Military sport / Local government and regional development in sport / The European model of sport / The Anglo-American model of sport / Sport in developing countries / Soviet and post-Soviet sport / International labour migration / Comparative advantage of nations / The theory of tournaments / Implications from the theory of contests for modelling and designing sports competitions / Citius, altius, fortius : the production of world records in the running and technical disciplines in track and rield / Golf / The economics of British horseracing / The economics of collegiate athletics / The economics of US intercollegiate sports and the NCAA / The economics of cycling / Extreme sports (climbing and mountaineering) / The economics of tennis / The development of team sports before 1914 / Organisational models of professional team sports leagues / Baseball economics / The economics of soccer /A Football in England / The state of the Italian football industry / The economics of soccer in Spain / Football in Germany / Football in France / American football / Labour economics on the hardwood : the NBA / European professional basketball in crisis, 1992-2002 / Ice hockey / The economic development of the Australian Football League / Rugby : strategy and structure / The economics of professional rugby / The economics of cricket / Uncertainty of outcome, competitive balance and the theory of team sports / The objective function of a team / Production functions for sporting teams / Revenue sharing / The reserve clause in major league baseball / The retain and transfer system / The Bosman case and European football / The reverse-order-of-finish draft in sports / Chasing the elusive salary cap / The luxury tax in professional sports / 'At the top table' : player unions in soccer / The player transfer system in soccer / Player agents / The promotion and relegation system / Team sports and finance / Inelastic sports pricing at the gate? : a survey / Financial innovation in professional team sports : the case of English Premiership soccer / Collective selling of broadcast rights in team sports / The sporting exception and the legality of restraints in the US / The specificity of sport and the European Community law : the example of nationality / Sport and globalisation : sport as a global public good / Racial discrimination / Gender discrimination / Doping / Corruption / Central government and sport / Sport and financing / Military sport / Local government and regional development in sport / The European model of sport / The Anglo-American model of sport / Sport in developing countries / Soviet and post-Soviet sport / International labour migration / Comparative advantage of nations / The theory of tournaments / Implications from the theory of contests for modelling and designing sports competitions / Citius, altius, fortius : the production of world records in the running and technical disciplines in track and rield / Golf / The economics of British horseracing / The economics of collegiate athletics / The economics of US intercollegiate sports and the NCAA / The economics of cycling / Extreme sports (climbing and mountaineering) / The economics of tennis / The development of team sports before 1914 / Organisational models of professional team sports leagues / Baseball economics / The economics of soccer /A Football in England / The state of the Italian football industry / The economics of soccer in Spain / Football in Germany / Football in France / American football / Labour economics on the hardwood : the NBA / European professional basketball in crisis, 1992-2002 / Ice hockey / The economic development of the Australian Football League / Rugby : strategy and structure / The economics of professional rugby / The economics of cricket / Uncertainty of outcome, competitive balance and the theory of team sports / The objective function of a team / Production functions for sporting teams / Revenue sharing / The reserve clause in major league baseball / The retain and transfer system / Wladimir Andreff and Stefan Szymanski -- Wladimir Andreff -- Jeff Borland -- Wladimir Andreff -- David Forrest -- Claude Jeanrenaud -- Wladimir Andreff -- Jean-Jacques Gouguet -- Rob Simmons -- Patrick Feehan -- Babatunde Buraimo -- Fr�ed�eric Bolotny and Jean-Fran�cois Bourg -- Victor Matheson -- Jean-Fran�cois Nys -- Didier Primault -- Jean-Jacques Gouguet and Eric Barget -- Robert A. Baade -- Holger Preuss -- Markus Kurscheidt -- Brad R. Humphreys -- Wladimir Andreff -- Thomas Hoehn -- Jean-Loup Chappelet -- Barrie Houlihan -- Jean-Fran�cois Nys -- Wladimir Andreff -- Jean-Fran�cois Nys -- Carlos Pestana Barros -- Peter J. Sloane -- Stefan Szymanski -- Wladimir Andreff -- Sandrine Poupaux -- Wladimir Andreff -- Wladimir Andreff -- Stefan Szymanski -- Gerd Muehlheusser -- Bernd Frick, Joachim Prinz and Frank Tolsdorf -- On the competitive structure in professional boxing, or, why the best boxers very seldom fight each other / Rafael Tenorio -- Chantelle Bramley -- Wray Vamplew -- Karl W. Einolf -- Robert Sandy -- Michel Desbordes -- Gilles Rotillon -- Eric Barget -- Wray Vamplew -- Andrew Zimbalist -- Stefan Szymanski -- John Goddard -- Stefan Szymanski -- Umberto Lago -- Jaume Garc�ia and Pl�acido Rodr�iguez -- Bernd Frick -- Fr�ed�eric Bolotny -- Michael Leeds -- David J. Berri -- Didier Primault -- Marc Lavoie -- Ross Booth -- John McMillan -- Pierre Chaix -- Ian Preston -- Stefan Szymanski -- Stefan K�esenne -- Jeff Borland -- Stefan Szymanski -- Lawrence Hadley -- Dennis Thomas -- Stefan K�esenne -- Leo H. Kahane -- Daniel R. Marburger -- Elizabeth Gustafson -- Braham Dabscheck -- Fiona Carmichael -- Daniel S. Mason -- Stefan Szymanski -- Wladimir Andreff -- Rodney Fort -- Bill Gerrard -- Susanne Parlasca -- Stefan Szymanski -- Jean-Christophe Breillat and Frank Lagarde -- Jean-Fran�cois Bourg and Jean-Jacques Gouguet -- Neil Longley -- Brad R. Humphreys -- Nicolas Eber -- Wolfgang Maennig.d sport / Barrie Houlihan -- Jean-Fran�cois Nys -- Wladimir Andreff -- Jean-Fran�cois Nys -- Carlos Pestana Barros -- Peter J. Sloane -- Stefan Szymanski -- Wladimir Andreff -- Sandrine Poupaux -- Wladimir Andreff -- Wladimir Andreff -- Stefan Szymanski -- Gerd Muehlheusser -- Bernd Frick, Joachim Prinz and Frank Tolsdorf -- On the competitive structure in professional boxing, or, why the best boxers very seldom fight each other / Rafael Tenorio -- Chantelle Bramley -- Wray Vamplew -- Karl W. Einolf -- Robert Sandy -- Michel Desbordes -- Gilles Rotillon -- Eric Barget -- Wray Vamplew -- Andrew Zimbalist -- Stefan Szymanski -- John Goddard -- Stefan Szymanski -- Umberto Lago -- Jaume Garc�ia and Pl�acido Rodr�iguez -- Bernd Frick -- Fr�ed�eric Bolotny -- Michael Leeds -- David J. Berri -- Didier Primault -- Marc Lavoie -- Ross Booth -- John McMillan -- Pierre Chaix -- Ian Preston -- Stefan Szymanski -- Stefan K�esenne -- Jeff Borland -- Stefan Szymanski -- Lawrence Hadley -- Introduction :
This handbook presents a survey of all the major research areas in sports economics. It offers an insight into the major findings of the literature as well as researchers' views on some of the questions remaining to be answered.
9781848443518 184844351X
GBA8B9479 bnb 014-77806 bnb
014778063 Uk 014-77806 uk
Sports--Economic aspects.
Professional sports--Economic aspects.
GV 716 / .H37 2009