Football economics and policy / Stefan Szymanski.
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TextPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: xxiv, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780230232235
- 023023223X
- 338.47796 SZY
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 338.47796 SZY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100517516 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This volume deals with the competitive structure of football. It examines the relationship between sporting success and economic variables, the structure of European competitions, financial problems in football, their origins and options for reform, racial discrimination in English football, and the economic impact of the World Cup.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: The English Football Industry, Profit, Performance and Industrial StructureThe Market for Soccer Players in England after Bosman: Winners and Losers The Americanization of European Football Hearts and Minds and Restrictive Practices Court case Broadcasting, Attendance and the Inefficiency of Cartels A Market Test for Discrimination in the English Professional Soccer LeaguesThe financial crisis in European football: An IntroductionEnglish FootballIncome Inequality, Competitive Balance and the Attractiveness of Team Sports: Some Evidence and a Natural Experiment from English SoccerThe Champions League and the Coase TheoremThe Economic Impact of the World Cup 2002The English Football Industry, Profit, Performance and Industrial StructureThe Market for Soccer Players in England after Bosman: Winners and Losers The Americanization of European Football Hearts and Minds and Restrictive Practices Court case Broadcasting, Attendance and the Inefficiency of Cartels A Market Test for Discrimination in the English Professional Soccer LeaguesThe financial crisis in European football: An IntroductionEnglish FootballIncome Inequality, Competitive Balance and the Attractiveness of Team Sports: Some Evidence and a Natural Experiment from English SoccerThe Champions League and the Coase TheoremThe Economic Impact of the World Cup 2002.
This volume deals with the competitive structure of football. It examines the relationship between sporting success and economic variables, the structure of European competitions, financial problems in football, their origins and options for reform, racial discrimination in English football, and the economic impact of the World Cup --Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Figures (p. vii)
- List of Tables (p. viii)
- Acknowledgements (p. x)
- Introduction (p. xii)
- 1 The English Football Industry: Profit, Performance and Industrial Structure (p. 1)
- 2 The Market for Soccer Players in England after Bosman: Winners and Losers (p. 27)
- 3 The Americanization of European football (p. 52)
- 4 Hearts, Minds and the Restrictive Practices Court (p. 97)
- 5 Broadcasting, Attendance and the Inefficiency of Cartels (p. 112)
- 6 A Market Test for Discrimination in the English Professional Soccer Leagues (p. 136)
- 7 The Financial Crisis in European Football: An Introduction (p. 151)
- 8 English Football (p. 162)
- 9 Income Inequality, Competitive Balance and the Attractiveness of Team Sports: Some Evidence and a Natural Experiment from English Soccer (p. 182)
- 10 The Champions League and the Coase Theorem (p. 202)
- 11 The Economic Impact of the World Cup (p. 226)
- Index (p. 236)