Covering amateur to professional sports, individual events and organised tournaments, this Handbook provides an authoritative contribution to the understanding of sport in the economy.

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