The Oxford handbook of sports economics /

The Oxford handbook of sports economics / edited by Leo H. Kahane and Stephen Shmanske. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, �2012. - 2 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The economics of sports / Economics of league design: open versus closed systems / Competitive balance / Club objectives, competitive balance, and the invariance proposition / Theory of the big dance: the playoff pay-off in pro sports leagues / Baseball's antitrust exemption: history and current relevance / The reserve clause and labor mobility / Salary caps and luxury taxes / International labor mobility and the National Basketball Association / The demand for violence in hockey / Hockey: game design and overtime / Field position and strategy in American football / Network television revenue sharing and competitive balance in the NFL / Competing leagues, mergers, and expansions / The Bosman ruling and labor mobility in football (soccer) / Labor supply and human capital formation in professional team sports: evidence from the FA Premier League / Remembering three economic studies on professional golf / The economics of NASCAR / To be or not to be: the NCAA as a cartel / What does intercollegiate athletics do to or for colleges and universities? / Is March Madness contagious? Post-season play and attendance in NCAA Division I basketball / Gender equity in intercollegiate athletics: economic considerations and possible fixes / Economics of the Olympics / The economics of the World Cup / Economics of the Super Bowl / Career duration in professional football: the case of German soccer referees / edited by Leo H. Kahane and Stephen Shmanske. Stefan Szymanski ; Brad R. Humphreys and Nicholas M. Watanabe ; Stefan Kesenne ; John Vrooman -- Roger D. Blair and Jessica S. Haynes ; Paul D. Staudohar ; Dennis Coates and Bernd Frick ; Evan Osborne ; Duane W. Rockerbie ; Jason Abrevaya ; Kevin G. Quinn ; Ira Horowitz and G.E. Whittenburg ; Aju J. Fenn ; John Goddard, Peter J. Sloane, and John O.S. Wilson ; Bill Gerrard -- Matthew Hood ; Andrew Abere, Peter Bronsteen, and Kenneth G. Elzinga -- Robert D. Tollison ; Malcolm Getz and John Siegfried ; Craig A. Depken, II ; Andrew Zimbalist -- Peter Dawson ; Rob Simmons and Christian Deutscher ; Victor A. Matheson -- Bernd Frick. v. 1. Economics of leagues and contest design. Economics of major league sports. Baseball. Basketball. Hockey. Football. Soccer. Economics of other sports. Economics of college sports. Economics of mega events. Economics of refereeing. Economics through sports / Prejudice and progress in baseball: lessons on the economics of race and discrimination / The economics of discrimination: evidence from basketball / Gender and discrimination in professional golf / The economics of discrimination: evidence from hockey / The production technology of major league baseball / Measuring performance in the National Basketball Association / Frontier models and their application to the sports industry / Age and performance under pressure: golfers on the LPGA tour / Salary dispersion and team production: evidence from the National Hockey League / Travel and population issues in modeling attendance demand / Demand, attendance, and censoring: utilization rates in the National Football League / Demand for attendance: price measurement / Major league baseball is just like McDonald's? Lessons from unrecognized rival leagues / The market structure of professional sports and the implications for stadium construction and team movements / Location, location, location? Sports franchise placement in the four major U.S. sports leagues / Event analysis / Behavioral biases and sportsbook pricing in major league baseball / Multiplier effects and local economic impact / Contingent valuation of sports / The economics of crime reconsidered: a game theoretic approach with an empirical test from major league baseball / Illustrations of price discrimination in baseball / Contest theory and its applications in sports / Tournament incentives in professional bowling / edited by Stephen Shmanske and Leo H. Kahane. Stephen J.K. Walters ; Lawrence M. Kahn ; Stephen Shmanske ; Neil Longley -- Anthony C. Krautmann ; David J. Berri ; Young Hoon Lee ; Harold O. Fried and Loren W. Tauer ; Leo H. Kahane -- David Forrest ; Martin B. Schmidt ; Richard C.K. Burdekin -- Rodney Fort ; Robert A. Baade ; Karl W. Einolf -- Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds ; Rodney J. Paul and Andrew P. Weinbach -- Peter von Allmen ; Bruce K. Johnson and John C. Whitehead -- Joseph P. McGarrity ; Daniel A. Rascher and Andrew D. Schwarz ; Helmut Dietl, Egon Franck, Martin Grossmann, and Markus Lang ; Michael L. Bognanno. v. 2. The economics of discrimination. Illustrations of production theory. Illustrations of econometric methods. Illustrations of industrial organization. Illustrations of finance. Illustrations of public finance. Miscellany.

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Sports--Economic aspects.

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