Sportometrics / edited by Brian L. Goff and Robert D. Tollison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goff, Brian L.

Tollison, Robert D.

Series:

Texas A & M University economics series ; no. 11

Texas A & M University economics series Sportometrics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Economic aspects.

Sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 319 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c1990.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Sports as economics / Brian L. Goff and Robert D. Tollison

Sports and individual incentives. Economics at the track / Richard S. Higgins and Robert D. Tollison

Property rights, risk sharing, and player disability in major league baseball / Kenneth Lehn

Crime on the court / Robert E. McCormick and Robert D. Tollison

Sports and managerial incentives. Coaching team production / Robert C. Clement and Robert E. McCormick

Measuring managerial efficiency : the case of baseball / Philip K. Porter and Gerald W. Scully

Production efficiency : the case of professional basketball / Thomas A. Zak, Cliff J. Huang, and John J. Siegfried

Sports and the structure of competition. Homo basketballus / Brian L. Goff, William F. Shughart II, and Robert D. Tollison

How the structure of competition influences performance in professional sports : the case of tennis and golf / David N. Laband

Sports and organizational economics. Crime or punishment? Enforcement of the NCAA football cartel / Arthur A. Fleisher III [and others].

(cont.) NCAA voting on academic requirements : public or private interest? / Arthur A. Fleisher III, Brian L. Goff, Robert D. Tollison

Athletics versus academics? Evidence from SAT scores ; Athletics and academics : a model of university contributions / Robert E. McCormick and Maurice Tinsley

Sports and the efficient markets hypothesis. Beating the spread : testing the efficiency of the gambling market for National Football League games / Richard A. Zuber, John M. Gandar, and Benny D. Bowers

Efficient markets for wagers : the case of professional basketball wagering / John L. Dobra, Thomas F. Cargill, and Robert A. Meyer

Sports and labor economics. Information asymmetries in baseball's free agent market / Kenneth Lehn

Family traditions in professional baseball : an economic interpretation / David N. Laband and Bernard F. Lentz

Economics of the Professional Golfers' Association tour / Rex L. Cottle

Sports and income distribution. Crime and income distribution in a basketball economy / Robert E. McCormick and Robert D. Tollison

Sportometrics : present and future / Brian L. Goff and Robert D. Tollison.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-17490-3