An economist goes to the game : how to throw away $580 million and other surprising insights from the economics of sports

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An economist goes to the game : how to throw away $580 million and other surprising insights from the economics of sports

Paul Oyer

Yale University Press, c2022

  • : hardcover

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Includes index

Contents of Works

  • Prologue
  • Should you help your kid become a pro athlete?
  • What do Silicon Valley and Czech women's tennis have in common?
  • Why do athletes lie and cheat?
  • Are athletes worth all that money?
  • Why do athletes use their least successful moves so often?
  • How does discrimination lead to a proliferation of French Canadian goalies?
  • How do ticket scalpers make the world a better place?
  • Why should you be upset if your hometown hosts the Olympics?
  • Who wins when people gamble?
  • Epilogue

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