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|a Wilson, John K.
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|a Historical perspectives on sports economics
|h Elektronische Ressource
|b lessons from the field
|c Edited by John K. Wilson (Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of South Australia Business School, Australia) and Richard Pomfret (Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia and Adjunct Professor, The Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center, Italy)
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|c 2019, 2019
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|a Includes bibliographical references and index
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|a 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 versus sole occupied stadium arrangements / Richard Pomfret and John K. Wilson -- 4. Stadium construction and the distribution of winning percentages in the English and Scottish football leagues, 1888-89 to 1938-39 / Lionel Frost, Luc Borrowman, Vinod Mishra and Abdel K. Halabi -- 5. The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of the Olympic Games as an economic driver / Victor Matheson -- 6. The winter sports industry and Winter Olympics in historical perspective: From Grenoble 1968 to Albertville 1992 / Wladimir Andreff -- 7. Incomplete contracting, league governance, and the role of the commissioner in Japanese and North American professional baseball / Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner La Croix -- 8. Base
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|a Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics
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|a New horizons in the economics of sport
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|a "The sports sector, apart from being of economic significance in itself, is clearly one that many citizens share a great interest in. It is not mere results, but aspects such as history, statistics, interest in labour markets and finances that often spark people's interest. The characteristics of the sports sector and the data it provides allows economists to cast light on a large number of economic issues facing society. Historical Perspectives on Sports Economics explores a variety of topics, including mega-event analysis, sports governance, anthropometrics, gambling, industrial organisation, infrastructure development and racial issues. The analysis is sufficiently non-technical and will appeal not only to academic economists and students, but to historians and sports enthusiasts as well"--
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