Handbook on the economics of sport

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Title:

Author:

Andreff, Wladimir, 1946-

ISBN:

9781848443518

Publication Information:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2009.

Physical Description:

xviii, 830 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Originally published: 2006.

Abstract:

This handbook presents a survey of all the major research areas in sports economics. It offers an insight into the major findings of the literature as well as researchers' views on some of the questions remaining to be answered.

Subject Term:

Sports -- Economic aspects.

Professional sports -- Economic aspects.

Added Author:

Andreff, Wladimir, 1946-

Szymanski, Stefan, 1960-

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Summary

This comprehensive Handbook provides a survey of all the major research areas in sports economics written by almost all of the active researchers in this field. It offers not only an accessible insight into the major findings of the literature but also presents some of the world's principal researchers' views on the unanswered questions that face us today. Issues covered include: sport in the economy the demand for sport cost-benefit analysis of sportvsporting governance and the state individualistic sports team sports dysfunctions in sport including discrimination, doping and corruption.

It is an indispensable guide to one of the most lively and rapidly evolving fields of economics.