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Advances in the economics of sport

editor: Gerald W. Scully

JAI Press, 1992-1997

  • v. 1
  • v. 2

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v. 2: editor: Wallace Hendricks

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9781559385749

Description

The first volume in a series which focuses on the economics of sport, this book discusses such topics as the infrafrim profit opportunities and managerial slack; coaching quality, turnover and longevity in professional team sports; and, college athletics; among other topics.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Managerial quality: infrafrim profit opportunities and managerial slack - evidence from professional basketball, Robert E. McCormick and Robert C. Clement
  • the rationality of crime in a basketball economy, Brian L. Goff and Robert D. Tollison
  • coaching quality, turnover and longevity in professional team sports, Gerald W. Scully
  • is managerial termination rational? evidence in professional team sports, Gerald W. Scully. Part 2 Labour markets: fields of dreams - on the construction of professional baseball talent in colleges and the minor leagues, William F. Shughart II and Brian L. Goff
  • efficiency aspects of the major league baseball players' market, Joseph G. Hirschberg et al
  • momentum in sports, Gerald W. Scully
  • discrimination and salary determination in the national hockey league - 1977 and 1989 compared, Marc Lavoie and Gilles Grenier. Part 3 Market structure: the great football wars - entry into the professional team sports industry, James P. Quirk and Rubin Saposnik
  • college athletics - financial burden or boon?, Melvin V. Borland et al
  • market advantage as rent - do professional teams in larger markets have a competitive advantage?, Philip Porter.
Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9781559386067

Description

This is the second volume in a series examining the economics of sport. It looks at issues such as how the changing financial structure of sport is putting cities at risk, race and player behaviour in the 1987 NFL Strike, and gender equity and the economics of college sports.

Table of Contents

Part I: Professional Sports. Introducing a competitive economic environment into professional sports (R. Fort, J. Quirk). A model of a professional sports league (D.A. Rascher).

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Details

  • NCID
    BA21188777
  • ISBN
    • 155938574X
    • 1559386061
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Greenwich, Conn.
  • Pages/Volumes
    v.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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