The economics of professional team sports:
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1. Verfasser: Downward, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Routledge 2000
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index
The market structure of professional team sports leagues : general themes -- The market structure of professional team sports leagues : the firm in professional team sports -- Cross-subsidisation in professional team sports leagues -- Theoretical and empirical issues -- Traditional findings and new developments -- The uncertainty of outcome hypothesis : theoretical and empirical issues -- Broadcast demand and the impact of television -- The traditional view : theory and evidence -- Recent developments : theory and evidence
Do dominant teams kill public interest in professional sports? Do spectators relish close contest and unpredictable results? Are sports stars overpaid? Will recent changes to sports broadcasting undermine the traditional organisation of professional team sports? To address these, and other issues, this text offers a survey of the economic literature on sporting leagues, the demand for professional team sports and the players' labour market. Amongst the topics discussed are the US system of franchising and draft picks and the chances of their being adopted elsewhere, the implications of player strikes, the onset of pay-per-view and digital television, and the relatively new notion that sport is a business like any other
Do dominant teams kill public interest in professional sports? Do spectators relish close contest and unpredictable results? This text offers a survey of the economic literature on sporting leagues, the demand for professional team sports and the players' labour market
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 247 pages)
ISBN:0203460243
9780203460245
9780415208734
0415208734
9780415208741
0415208742

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