The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Downward, Bernd Frick, Brad R. Humphreys, Tim Pawlowski, Jane E. Ruseski, Brian P. Soebbing.
• Editors: Downward, Paul; Frick, Bernd; Humphreys, Brad R; Dr, Pawlowski, Tim; Ruseski, Jane E; Soebbing, Brian P
• Contents: PART I: The nature and value of the sports system and economy; Chapter 1: Introduction - Paul Downward, Bernd Frick, Brad Humphreys, Tim Pawlowski, Jane Ruseski, & Brian Soebbing; Chapter 2: Origins and Developments of Sports Systems - Wladimir Andreff; Chapter 3: The Economic Value of Sport - Themis Kokolakakis, Chris Gratton, & Guenther Grohall; PART II: Amateur sports participation, supply and impact; Chapter 4: Sports Participation - Paul Downward & Christina Muniz; Chapter 5: Sports Participation and Health - Jane E. Ruseski; Chapter 6: Sport and Social Capital Formation - Tim Pawlowski & Ute Schüttoff; Chapter 7: Recent Evidence on the Effects of Physical Activity on Human Capital and Employment - Michael Lechner & Carina Steckenleiter; Chapter 8: Private Household Consumption in Sport - Fernando Lera-Lopez; Chapter 9: Sports Clubs in Europe: Organisation - Christoph Breuer, Philipp Swierzy, & Svenja Feiler; Chapter 10: Volunteering in Sports Clubs and its Impacts - Pamela Wicker; Chapter 11: The Role of Money and Time Donations in the Supply of Amateur Sport - Kirstin Hallmann & Lea Rossi; Chapter 12: The Economics of the National Collegiate Athletic Association - John J. Siegfried & Allen R. Sanderson; PART III: Professional team sports; Chapter 13: Economic Objective Functions in Team Sports: A Retrospective - Rodney Fort; Chapter 14: European Sports Leagues: Origin and Features - Nicolas Scelles & Jean-François Brocard; Chapter 15: Competition Policy in Sports Markets - Oliver Budzinski; Chapter 16: Competitive Balance: Measurement and Relevance - Tim Pawlowski & Georgios Nalbantis; Chapter 17: Economics of Attendance - Placido Rodriguez; Chapter 18: Exposure and Television Audience Demand: The case of English Premier League Football - Babatunde Buraimo; Chapter 19: Ticket Pricing - Brian P. Soebbing; Chapter 20: Secondary Ticket Markets for Sport Events - Pascal Courty; Chapter 21: The Economics of the Transfer Market - Stefan Kesenne; Chapter 22: Team Production and Efficiency in Sports - Mikael Jamil; Chapter 23: Officials and Home Advantage - James Reade; Chapter 24: Franchise Relocation and Stadium Subsidies - Dennis Coates; PART IV: Professional sports leagues; Chapter 25: The Economics of Professional Soccer - Daniel Weimar; Chapter 26: Cricket - Ian Gregory-Smith, David Paton, & Abhinav Sacheti; Chapter 27: Rugby Union's Late Conversion to Professionalism: An Economic Perspective - Pat Massey; Chapter 28: "The Answer" and the Economics of Basketball: Perceptions vs. Production - Dave Berri; Chapter 29: Economics and the National Football League - Benjamin Blemings; Chapter 30: The Baseball Players' Labor Market: An Update - Anthony C. Krautmann; Chapter 31: Economic Issues of the National Hockey League: A Survey of the Literature - Duane W. Rockerbie & Stephan T. Easton; Chapter 32: Australian Rules Football - Ross Booth & Robert Brooks; Chapter 33: The Economics of Major League Soccer from the NASL to MLS: A brief history of North American professional soccer - Nick Watanabe; PART V: Sports events and their impacts; Chapter 34: The Economic Impact Measurement of Olympic Games - Holger Preuss; Chapter 35: Major Events: Economic Impact - Wolfgang Maennig; Chapter 36: Olympic Games: Public referenda, public opinion and willingness to pay - Wolfgang Maennig; Chapter 37: Olympic Performance - Eva Marikova Leeds; Chapter 38: The Economics of Mega-Events: The impact, costs, and benefits of the Olympic Games and the World Cup - Candon Johnson; Chapter 39: Economic Impact of Minor Sporting Events and Minor League Teams - Marijke Taks & Nola Agha; Chapter 40: Participation and demonstration effects: "Couch potatoes to runner beans"? - Peter Dawson; Chapter 41: Willingness to pay in sports - Johannes Orlowski & Pamela Wicker; Chapter 42: Positive and negative externalities of sport events: From well-being, pride, and social capital to traffic and crime - Pamela Wicker & Paul Downward; PART VI: Individual sports; Chapter 43: Running - Bernd Frick, Katharina Moser, & Katrin Scharfenkamp; Chapter 44: Hitting the ball forward. The economics of racquet sports. - Julio del Corral & Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez; Chapter 45: The Economics of Road Cycling - Daam van Reeth; Chapter 46: The Economics of Golf - Stephen Shmanske; Chapter 47: IRON(O)MICS: The Market for Long Distance-Triathlon - Joachim Prinz; Chapter 48: NASCAR Economics - Peter Von Allmen; PART VII: Future research; Chapter 49: Behavioural Economics and Sport - Yulia Chikish & Brad R. Humphreys; Chapter 50: Is There a Gender Difference in the Response to Competitive Settings? - Michael A. Leeds; Chapter 51: Dynamic Pricing in Sports - Rodney J. Paul; Chapter 52: Sports Betting - David Forrest; Chapter 53: The Economics of Doping in Sports - A Special Case of Corruption - Eugen Dimant & Christian Deutscher; Chapter 54: Performance Analysis - Bill Gerrard;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (610 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526444516; 1526444518
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