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Advances in sports economics

A wide-ranging collection of newly commissioned essays which examine the multifaceted field of sports economics in baseball, basketball, cricket, football, Gaelic games, horse racing, rugby and tennis.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : AGENDA PUBLISHING, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Dedication -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Preface -- List of contributors -- Part I -- Introducing Sports Economics -- 1 A brief history of the economics of sport -- 2 Methods and theories in sports economics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Theories -- 2.2.1 Profit-maximizing models of team sports -- 2.2.2 The win-maximizing model of team sports leagues -- 2.2.3 Economic competition in sports -- 2.2.4 Behavioural sports economics -- 2.3 Empirical methods -- 2.3.1 Contingent valuation method 
505 8 |a 2.3.2 Ordinary least squares regression and extensions -- 2.3.3 Natural experiments in sports -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3 Economics, analytics and decisions: Insights from professional team sports on the importance of context -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The discipline of economics and its limitations -- 3.3 Sports economics -- 3.4 Data analytics -- 3.4.1 My own early experience as a data analyst -- 3.4.2 Sports analytics -- 3.5 Sports economics to sports analytics: three case studies -- 3.5.1 Team-specific human capital -- 3.5.2 Pay and performance -- 3.5.3 Football transfer fees -- 3.6 Conclusion 
505 8 |a Part II -- Team Sports -- 4 Introduction to the economics of Major League Baseball -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The creation of Major League Baseball -- 4.3 Vertical operations -- 4.4 Horizontal operations -- 4.4.1 Why leagues? -- 4.4.2 Franchises and location -- 4.4.3 Competitive balance -- 4.5 Government and the MLB business -- 4.5.1 Labour relations -- 4.5.2 Antitrust (competition policy) -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5 Understanding the National Basketball Association through the lens of economic research -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Referee bias -- 5.2.1 Racial bias -- 5.2.2 Other types of referee bias 
505 8 |a 5.3 Salary discrimination -- 5.3.1 By race -- 5.3.2 By country of origin -- 5.4 NBA superstars -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 The economics of association football -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Competitive balance in football -- 6.3 Demand for match tickets: stadium attendance -- 6.4 Labour market operations -- 6.4.1 A nationality survey -- 6.4.2 Classification -- 6.4.3 EPL composition -- 6.4.4 La Liga composition -- 6.4.5 Serie A composition -- 6.4.6 Bundesliga composition -- 6.4.7 Ligue 1 composition -- 6.4.8 Domestic, EU and non-EU -- 6.5 Conclusion -- Part III -- English "Bat and Ball" Sports 
505 8 |a 7 It's just not cricket: Rules and the gentleman's game -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The economics of cricket -- 7.2.1 Why should cricket interest economists? -- 7.2.2 First-class cricket -- 7.2.3 The County Championship -- 7.2.4 Does competitive balance matter in cricket? -- 7.2.5 Competitive balance in the County Championship -- 7.2.6 Is there home advantage in cricket? -- 7.2.7 Home advantage in the County Championship -- 7.2.8 First-mover advantage and the toss of a coin -- 7.3 The impact of the uncontested toss -- 7.3.1 Data -- 7.3.2 Estimation -- 7.3.3 Results -- 7.4 Conclusion 
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