| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
New horizons in the economics of sports |
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New horizons in the economics of sports
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| Contents |
Rival sports league formation and competition / Xiao Gang Che and Brad R. Humphreys -- The pyramid market of the European Sports Model: the economics of federations / Fernando Tenreiro -- The English disease: has football hooliganism been eliminated or just displaced? / Colin Green and Robert Simmons -- Where to play first (away or home) in a best-of-two tournament? An analysis from UEFA competitions / Carlos Varela-Quintana, Julio del Corral and Juan Prieto-Rodríguez -- Long-term and short-term causes of insolvency and English football / Stefan Szymanski -- The optimal competitive balance in a sports league? / Stefan Késenne -- Live football demand / Ruud Koning and Jeroen Achterhof -- Sport talent, media value and equal prize policies in tennis / Pedro Garcia-del-Barrio and Francesc Pujol -- Career duration in capital-intensive individualistic sports: evidence from ski jumping, golf and auto racing / Bernd Frick, Brad R. Humphreys and Friedrich Scheel -- Determinants of national medals totals at the summer Olympic Games: an analysis disaggregated by sport / David Forrest, Ian G. McHale, Ismael Sanz and J.D. Tena -- Economic prediction of sport performances from the Beijing Olympics to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa: the notion of surprising sporting outcomes / Wladimir Andreff and Madeleine Andreff |
| Summary |
Competition is the very essence of professional sports, yet how do we measure it? Has the level of competition changed over time? Can organizers influence the degree of competition, for example, by changing rewards? How does the audience appreciate competition? The Economics of Competitive Sports examines and addresses these questions. This volume presents a state-of-the-art overview of the economics of competitive sport with contributions from leading experts in the field. The initial chapters present a discussion of the organization of sports and competition, exploring how leagues form, operate and compete. The second part of the book deals with the competition, rewards and outcomes of actual organized leagues and contests. Competitive balance and responses to incentives are covered extensively. Academics, policymakers and students seeking an in-depth and practical understanding of the economics of competition in sport will find this volume indispensible |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 4, 2015) |
| Subject |
Sports -- Economic aspects.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Sports -- Economic aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rodríguez, Plácido, editor.
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Késenne, Stefan, editor.
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Koning, Ruud, editor
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| ISBN |
9781783474769 |
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1783474769 |
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