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The economics of football /

"The second edition of this popular book presents a detailed economic analysis of professional football at club level, with new material included to reflect the development of the economics of professional football over the past ten years. Using a combination of economic reasoning and statistic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dobson, Stephen
Otros Autores: Goddard, John A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The economic theory of professional sports leagues
  • 3. Competitive balance, uncertainty of outcome and home-field advantage
  • 4. Forecasting models for football match results
  • 5. Game theory and football games
  • 6. English professional football: historical development and commercial structure
  • 7. Determinants of football players' salaries
  • 8. Professional footballers: employment patterns and racial discrimination
  • 9. The football manager
  • 10. Football referees
  • 11. Spectator demand for football
  • 12. Gambling on football
  • 13. All around the world: club football in France, Germany, Brazil, Japan and China
  • 14. The economics of the World Cup
  • References
  • Index.