The comparative economics of sport

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Author:

Szymanski, Stefan, 1960-

ISBN:

9780230232242

Personal Author:

Szymanski, Stefan, 1960-

Publication Information:

Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Economic Design of Sporting ContestsThe Political Economy of SportIs 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 NationsGovernance and Vertical Integration in Team SportsAntitrust, Promotion and RelegationEquality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome: Open Leagues, Closed Leagues and Competitive BalancePromotion and Relegation in Sporting ContestsCompetitive Balance and Gate Revenue Sharing in Team SportsTesting Causality Between Team Performance and Payroll: The Cases of Major League Baseball and English SoccerWhy Have Premium Sports Rights Migrated to Pay-TV in Europe but not in the US The Economic Design of Sporting ContestsThe Political Economy of SportIs 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 NationsGovernance and Vertical Integration in Team SportsAntitrust, Promotion and RelegationEquality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome: Open Leagues, Closed Leagues and Competitive BalancePromotion and Relegation in Sporting ContestsCompetitive Balance and Gate Revenue Sharing in Team SportsTesting Causality Between Team Performance and Payroll: The Cases of Major League Baseball and English SoccerWhy Have Premium Sports Rights Migrated to Pay-TV in Europe but not in the US.

Abstract:

"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.

Subject Term:

Sports -- Economic aspects.

Professional sports -- Economic aspects.

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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.