Historical perspectives on sports economics lessons from the field
"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 characteris...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Northampton
Edward Elgar Publishign
2019, 2019
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| Series: | New horizons in the economics of sport
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- 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