Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Szymanski, Stefan, 1960-

Title The comparative economics of sport / Stefan Szymanski
Published Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 310 pages) : illustrations
Contents The Economic Design of Sporting Contests -- The Political Economy of Sport -- Is there a European Model of Sport? -- Antitrust and Inefficient Joint Ventures: Why Sports Leagues Should Look More Like McDonald's and Less like the United Nations -- Governance and Vertical Integration in Team Sports -- Antitrust, Promotion and Relegation -- 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 Sports -- Testing Causality Between Team Performance and Payroll: The Cases of Major League Baseball and English Soccer -- Why Have Premium Sports Rights Migrated to Pay-TV in Europe but not in the US
Summary In the last twenty years professional sport has grown into a business of some substance and has attracted increasing attention from investors, lawyers, governments and regulators. Commercial and cultural disputes have required an increasingly sophisticated economic analysis, and over this period Stefan Szymanski has been one of the leading contributors, shaping the research agenda and public policy analysis. This volume is mainly concerned with international comparisons. There are papers which compare the economic structure of major league sports in the North America (baseball, American football, basketball and hockey) with the European approach to football and other sports. Competitive balance concerns are addressed and the potential of revenue sharing mechanisms to deal with these problems is analysed in detail. Broadcasting policy in the Europe and the US is contrasted, while this volume also contains an important contribution to the analysis of the problems in world cricket. Given the important role that sports play in the life of modern societies, this book is popular reading for all interested in economics and sports studies, and will provide an invaluable guide to students and practitioners alike
"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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Sports -- Economic aspects.
Professional sports -- Economic aspects
Economics -- Europe -- USA.
Sport & leisure industries -- Europe -- USA.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Economics.
Professional sports -- Economic aspects
Sports -- Economic aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230274273
0230274277