Playbooks and checkbooks: an introduction to the economics of modern sports
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1. Verfasser: Szymanski, Stefan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton Princeton University Press ©2009
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
What economic rules govern sports? How does the sports business differ from other businesses? Playbooks and Checkbooks takes a fascinating step-by-step look at the fundamental economic relationships shaping modern sports. Focusing on the ways that the sports business does and does not overlap with economics, the book uncovers the core paradox at the heart of the sports industry. Unlike other businesses, the sports industry would not survive if competitors obliterated each other to extinction, financially or otherwise--without rivals there is nothing to sell. Playbooks and Checkbooks examines h
Contents; Preface; One Sports and Business; Two Organizing Competition; Three Sports and Antitrust; Four Sporting Incentives; Five Sports and Broadcasting; Six Sports and the Public Purse; Epilogue; A Beginner's Guide to the Sports Economics Literature; Acknowledgments; Index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 225 pages)
ISBN:9781400830008
1400830001
0691127506
9780691127507
128215883X
9781282158832

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