Transatlantic sport : the comparative economics of North American and European sports / edited by Carlos Pestana Barros, Muradali Ibrahímo, Stefan Szymanski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barros, Carlos Pestana.

Ibrahı́mo, Muradali.

Szymanski, Stefan, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Economic aspects--United States--Cross-cultural studies.

Sports.

Sports--Economic aspects--Europe--Cross-cultural studies.

Sports--Economic aspects.

Europe.

United States.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2002]

Contents:

Transatlantic sport: an introduction / Carlos Pestana Barros, Muradali Ibrahimo, Stefan Szymanski 1

Part 1 Public Policy and Sports Economics

1. European and US sports business models / Wladimir Andreff, Paul D. Staudohar 23

2. The regulation of professional team sports / Peter J. Sloane 50

3. The distribution of income in European football: big clubs, small countries, major problems / H.F. Moorhouse 69

Part 2 Economic Theory and Team Sports

4. Improving the competitive balance and the salary distribution in professional team sports / Stefan Kesenne 95

5. Equality of opportunity and equality of outcome: static and dynamic competitive balance in European and American sports leagues / Stefan Szymanski, Ron Smith 109

Part 3 Cost-Benefit Analysis and Sports

6. Bidding for the Olympics: fool's gold? / Robert A. Baade, Victor Matheson 127

7. Economic impact of sporting events: what has to be measured? / J.J. Gouguet 152

8. The Soccer World Cup 2006 in Germany: choosing match locations by applying a modified cost

benefit model / Bernd Rahmann, Markus Kurscheidt 171

9. Sports policy at regional level: estimating the economic value of amateur sports managers / Carlos Pestana Barros, Jaime Lucas 204.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

184064947X

OCLC:

49681510