TY  - BOOK
AU  - Szymanski,Stefan
TI  - The comparative economics of sport
SN  - 9780230232242 
U1  - 338.47796 SZY 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Sports
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Professional sports
KW  - Sports and state
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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