The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics
The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics
Editors: Downward, Paul, Frick, Bernd and Humphreys, Brad R. et.al
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: Sage UK
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$215.76

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$323.64
ISBN: 978-1-47-397976-5
Category: Business, Finance & Economics - Economics
Image Count:
55
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Covering amateur to professional sports, individual events and organised tournaments, this Handbook provides an authoritative contribution to the understanding of sport in the economy.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Notes on the Editors and Contributors
- Introduction - Paul Downward, Bernd Frick, Brad R. Humphreys, Tim Pawlowski, Jane E. Ruseski and Brian P. Soebbing
- Part I: The Nature and Value of the Sports System and Economy
- Origins and Developments of Sports Systems - Wladimir Andreff
- The Economic Value of Sport - Themis Kokolakakis, Chris Gratton and Günther Grohall
- Part II: Amateur Sports Participation, Supply and Impact
- Sports Participation - Paul Downward and Cristina Muñiz
- Sports Participation and Health - Jane E. Ruseski
- Sport and Social Capital Formation - Tim Pawlowski and Ute Schüttoff
- Recent Evidence on the Effects of Physical Activity on Human Capital and Employment - Carina Steckenleiter and Michael Lechner
- Private Household Consumption in Sport - Fernando Lera-López
- Sports Clubs in Europe: Organization - Christoph Breuer, Philipp Swierzy and Svenja Feiler
- Volunteering in Sports Clubs and its Impacts - Pamela Wicker
- The Role of Money and Time Donations in the Supply of Amateur Sport - Kirstin Hallmann and Lea Rossi
- The Economics of the National Collegiate Athletic Association - Allen R. Sanderson and John J. Siegfried
- Part III: Professional Team Sports
- Economic Objective Functions in Team Sports: A Retrospective - Rodney Fort
- European Sports Leagues: Origins and Features - Nicolas Scelles and Jean-François Brocard
- Competition Policy in Sports Markets - Oliver Budzinski
- Competitive Balance: Measurement and Relevance - Tim Pawlowski and Georgios Nalbantis
- Economics of Attendance - Placido Rodriguez
- Exposure and Television Audience Demand: The Case of English Premier League Football - Babatunde Buraimo
- Ticket Pricing - Brian P. Soebbing
- Secondary Ticket Markets for Sport Events - Pascal Courty
- The Economics of the Transfer Market - Stefan Késenne
- Team Production and Efficiency in Sports - Mikael Jamil
- Officials and Home Advantage - J. James Reade
- Franchise Relocation and Stadium Subsidies - Dennis Coates
- Part IV: Professional Sports Leagues
- The Economics of Professional Soccer - Daniel Weimar
- The Economics of Cricket - Ian Gregory-Smith, David Paton and Abhinav Sacheti
- Rugby Union's Late Conversion to Professionalism: An Economic Perspective - Patrick Massey
- ‘The Answer’ and the Economics of Basketball: Perceptions vs Production - David Berri
- Economics and the National Football League - Benjamin Blemmings
- ‘The Baseball Players’ Labor Market': An Update - Anthony C. Krautmann
- Economic Issues of the National Hockey League: A Survey of the Literature - Duane W. Rockerbie and Stephen T. Easton
- The Economics of Australian Rules Football - Ross Booth and Robert Brooks
- The Economics of Major League Soccer from the Nasl to Mls: A Brief History of North American Professional Soccer - Nicholas Watanabe
- Part V: Sports Events
- The Economic Impact Measurement of the Olympic Games - Holger Preuss
- Major Events: Economic Impact - Wolfgang Maennig
- Olympic Games: Public Referenda, Public Opinion and Willingness to Pay - Wolfgang Maennig
- Olympic Performance - Eva Marikova Leeds
- The Economics of Mega-Events: The Impact, Costs, and Benefits of the Olympic Games and the World Cup - Candon Johnson
- Economic Impact of Minor Sporting Events and Minor League Teams - Nola Agha and Marijke Taks
- Participation and Demonstration Effects: ‘Couch Potatoes to Runner Beans'? - Peter Dawson
- Willingness to Pay in Sports - Johannes Orlowski and Pamela Wicker
- Positive and Negative Externalities of Sport Events: From Well-Being, Pride, and Social Capital to Traffic and Crime - Pamela Wicker and Paul Downward
- Part VI: Individual Sports
- The Economics of Running - Bernd Frick, Katharina Moser and Katrin Scharfenkamp
- Hitting the Ball Forward: The Economics of Racquet Sports - Julio del Corral and Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez
- The Economics of Road Cycling - Daam Van Reeth
- The Economics of Golf - Stephen Shmanske
- IRON(O)MICS: The Market for Long-Distance Triathlon - Joachim Prinz
- NASCAR Economics - Peter von Allmen
- Part VII: Future Research
- Behavioral Economics and Sport - Yulia Chikish and Brad R. Humphreys
- Is There a Gender Difference in the Response to Competitive Settings? - Michael A. Leeds
- Dynamic Pricing in Sports - Rodney J. Paul
- Sports Betting - David Forrest
- The Economics of Doping in Sports: A Special Case of Corruption - Eugen Dimant and Christian Deutscher
- Performance Analytics - Bill Gerrard