"This innovative book examines key financial dimensions within the world of sports. Thomas J. Miceli discusses topics ranging from the business nature of sports leagues and the pricing of sports events to college sports and the implementation of sports-related public policies. Viewing sports...

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Obituary, János Kornai (1928-2021) -- 1. Introduction: new research pathways in the soft budget constraint approach -- 2. Soft budget constraints and institutional logics in European...

Contents: 1. Consumer spending on spectator sports, physical activity, and sports betting: evidence from Canada. / Brad Humphreys, Jane Ruseski and Jie Yang -- 2. Should gambling markets be privatized? An examination of state lotteries in the United States. / Kent Grote and Victor A. Matheson --...

Contents: Introduction -- 1. Oliver Budzinski (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany) and Arne Feddersen (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark): Measuring competitive balance in formula one racing -- 2. Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) and Julio del Corral...

Contents: Preface -- 1. Understanding economics through the history of sport / John Wilson -- 2. From recreational sports clubs to sports businesses: Bradford and Queen's Park football clubs 1860s-1914 / John Dewhirst and Wray Vamplew -- 3. Home ground advantage: The determinants of sharing...

Contents : 1. Why consumers wear sports gear -- 2. How MLB figured out its fans -- 3. The road from Robinson to Kaepernick -- 4. How markets penalize racists, slowly -- 5. Segregation with and without discrimination -- 6. Throwing bottles in Cleveland -- 7. Bill Belichick as economist -- 8....

Contents: Preface -- 1. An introduction to personnel economics and its application to sport / Neil Longley -- Part I Recruiting and human capital development -- 2. The failed promise of the draft in the NFL and NBA / David Berri -- 3. The golden generation: the personnel economics of youth...

The study of sport in the economy presents a rich arena for the application of sharply focused microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics to both team and individual outcomes. This unique book offers a survey of recent research that follows the tradition of empirical and theoretical...