The comparative economics of sport / Stefan Szymanski.
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TextPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: xxiv, 310 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780230232242
- 0230232248
- 338.47796 SZY
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Starting with a major survey of the economics of sport, this volume involves primarily a comparison of the European and American models of sport, how to restructure leagues to make them more competitive, the analysis of gate-sharing mechanisms, the economic impact of promotion and relegation and a comparison of broadcasting regimes.
The Economic Design of Sporting Contests The Political Economy of Sport Antitrust and Inefficient Joint Ventures: Why Sports Leagues Should Look More Like McDonald\'s and Less like the United Nations Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome: Open Leagues, Closed Leagues and Competitive Balance Promotion and Relegation in Sporting Contests Competitive Balance and Gate Revenue Sharing in Team SportsTesting Causality Between Team Performance and Payroll: The Cases of Major League Baseball and English SoccerWhy Have Premium Sports Rights Migrated to Pay-TV in Europe but not in the US
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Starting with a major survey of the economics of sport, this volume involves primarily a comparison of the European and American models of sport, how to restructure leagues to make them more competitive, the analysis of gate-sharing mechanisms, the economic impact of promotion and relegation and a comparison of broadcasting regimes--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Figures and Graphs (p. vii)
- List of Tables (p. ix)
- Acknowledgements (p. x)
- Introduction (p. xii)
- 1 The Economic Design of Sporting Contests (p. 1)
- 2 The Political Economy of Sport (p. 79)
- 3 Antitrust and Inefficient Joint Ventures: Why Sports Leagues Should Look More Like McDonald's and Less Like the United Nations (p. 87)
- 4 Open Competition in League Sports (p. 139)
- 5 Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome: Open Leagues, Closed Leagues and Competitive Balance (p. 174)
- 6 Promotion and Relegation in Sporting Contests (p. 198)
- 7 Competitive Balance and Gate Revenue Sharing in Team Sports (p. 229)
- 8 Professional Team Sports Are Only a Game: The Walrasian Fixed-Supply Conjecture Model, Contest-Nash Equilibrium, and the Invariance Principle (p. 244)
- 9 Why Have Premium Sports Rights Migrated to Pay TV in Europe But Not in the US? (p. 262)
- 10 Seizing the Moment: A Blueprint for Reform of World Cricket (p. 275)
- Index (p. 297)