Major League Baseball. The TUP aims at assigning umpire crews to the games of a fixed tournament, minimizing the travel …

economics can provide insight into many aspects of sports, including soccer. Beautiful Game Theory is the first book that uses …-Huerta illuminates economics through the world’s most popular sport. He offers unique and often startling insights into game theory and … on universal economic principles in interesting and useful ways. Essential reading for students, researchers, and sports …

can provide insight into many aspects of sports, including soccer. Beautiful Game Theory is the first book that uses …-Huerta illuminates economics through the world’s most popular sport. He offers unique and often startling insights into game theory and … on universal economic principles in interesting and useful ways. Essential reading for students, researchers, and sports …

An empirical analysis of the economic impact of the Major League Baseball’s postseason on host-city economies from 1972 … support of a baseball team’s attempt to reach the World Series should be seen as a gamble at best. …

Previous research has concluded that the 1981 and 1994/95 Major League Baseball (MLB) strikes have caused short … baseball attendance has dropped significantly since the 1994/95 strike. …

Supporters of sports stadium construction often defend taxpayer subsidies for stadiums by suggesting that sports …

Professional sports franchises have used the lure of economic riches as an incentive for cities to construct new … increase in taxable sales in the host metropolitan area. In addition, using the numerous work stoppages in professional sports … professional sports due to strikes and lockouts. …

Major League Baseball teams have used the lure of economic riches as an incentive for cities to construct new stadiums … vicinity of $300 million. Our analysis suggest these numbers are wildly inflated. Using the baseball strikes of 1981, 1994, and …