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...

The driving training sector in France is subjected to an increasing interest from the French government. The regulator notably wonders about the performance of the training given by services companies. He plans to use more widely the driving test success rate indicator by enterprise to guide the...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): Adler M. (1985), Stardom and Talent, American Economic Review, 75, 208-212. -- Aglietta M., W. Andreff and B. Drut (2008), Bourse et football, Revue d'Economie Politique, 118 (2), 255-296. -- Anderson D.J. and J.J. Cheslock (2004), Institutional...

The chapter first reminds the statist model of sport, its overshooting Olympic performance, and reforms before its final collapse. Moving towards a market-compatible sport system during the transformational economic crisis was not without hindrances ending up into a hybrid sports industry. All...