Breaking the ice : the economics of hockey /: the economics of hockey. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bernd Frick, editor.
• Editors: Frick, Bernd
• Contents: Introduction -- 1. From Strikes to Lockouts: Consequences of the Shift in the Balance of Power from the Players' Union to the Owners in the National Hockey League -- 2. An Exploration of Dynamic Pricing in the National Hockey League -- 3. Fighting as a Profit-Maximizing Strategy: The American Hockey League -- 4. The Effect of "Stars" on Attendance -- NHL Players in the German and Czech Hockey League -- 5. The Sources of the Cultural or Language Diversity Effects in the National Hockey League -- 6. If you can play, you get the pay!? A Survey on Salary Discrimination in the National Hockey League -- 7. Team-Level Referee Discrimination in the National Hockey League -- 8. Relative Age, Cohort Size and Career Success in the NHL -- 9. Handedness, Performance and Compensation.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (203 pages)
• Subjects: 796.962/64; Economics; Hockey -- Finance; Hockey players -- Salaries, etc; GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays; SPORTS & RECREATION -- History; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference; TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports; Business & Economics -- Labor; Business & Economics -- Industrial Management; Labour economics; Economics of industrial organisation; Management science; Labor economics; Industrial organization; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Economics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319679228; 3319679228; 9783319679211
• Related ISBNs: 9783319679211; 331967921X; 331967921X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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