Handbook on the Economics of Sport, Hardcover by Andreff, Wladimir (EDT); Szy...

Handbook on the Economics of Sport, Hardcover by Andreff, Wladimir (EDT); Szymanski, Stefan (EDT), ISBN 1843766086, ISBN-13 9781843766087, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USSince Simon Rottenberg's 1956 seminal article devoted to the baseball players' labor markets, the field of sports economics has mushroomed to encompass such research areas as the economic significance and impact of sport, demand for sport, costs and benefits of sporting activities and events, the governance model of sport and the role of the state, the economic theory of tournaments and its application to individual and team sports, and competitive balance and the theory of leagues and teams. Illustrating this diversity of topic (as well as views), rather than demonstrating a particular editorial line, was the main goal of Andreff (economics, U. of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France) as he selected the 86 papers included in this collection, which he claims to represent the field "almost in its entirety." He has organized the contribution into seven sections covering sports and the macro economy; demand for sport; cost-benefit analysis of sporting governance; individual sports; team sports; and dysfunctions in sport, including discrimination, doping, and corruption. The section on team sports is the largest and includes two subsections, one on the economics of professional sports and leagues around the world and one on principal economic issues of sport such as revenue sharing, production functions for sporting teams, player agents, promotion and relegation systems, collective selling of broadcast rights, and sport as a global public good. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()