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.
Temas:
Sports > Economic aspects.
Sports > Aspect économique.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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