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Advances in sports economic...
A wide-ranging collection of newly commissioned essays which examine the multifaceted field of sports economics in baseball, basketball, cricket, football, Gaelic games, horse racing, rugby and tennis
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monografia Rebiun34950211 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun34950211 m o d | cr cnu|||||||| 221010s2022 enka ob 001 0 eng d 9781788213561 electronic bk.) UAM 991008285279304211 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ 338.47796 23 Advances in sports economics edited by Robert Butler Newcastle upon Tyne Agenda Publishing [2022] Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Agenda Publishing 2022 1 online resource (398 pages) 1 online resource (398 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Dedication Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 A brief history of the economics of sport -- Chapter 2 Methods and theories in sports economics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Theories -- 2.2.1 Profit-maximizing models of team sports -- 2.2.2 The win-maximizing model of team sports leagues -- 2.2.3 Economic competition in sports -- 2.2.4 Behavioural sports economics -- 2.3 Empirical methods -- 2.3.1 Contingent valuation method -- 2.3.2 Ordinary least squares regression and extensions -- 2.3.3 Natural experiments in sports -- 2.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Economics, analytics and decisions: Insights from professional team sports on the importance of context -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The discipline of economics and its limitations -- 3.3 Sports economics -- 3.4 Data analytics -- 3.4.1 My own early experience as a data analyst -- 3.4.2 Sports analytics -- 3.5 Sports economics to sports analytics: three case studies -- 3.5.1 Team-specific human capital -- 3.5.2 Pay and performance -- 3.5.3 Football transfer fees -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Introduction to the economics of Major League Baseball -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The creation of Major League Baseball -- 4. 3 Vertical operations -- 4.4 Horizontal operations -- 4.4.1 Why leagues? -- 4.4.2 Franchises and location -- 4.4.3 Competitive balance -- 4.5 Government and the MLB business -- 4.5.1 Labour relations -- 4.5.2 Antitrust (competition policy) -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Understanding the National Basketball Association through the lens of economic research -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Referee bias -- 5.2.1 Racial bias -- 5.2.2 Other types of referee bias -- 5.3 Salary discrimination -- 5.3.1 By race -- 5.3.2 By country of origin -- 5.4 NBA superstars -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 The economics of association football 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Competitive balance in football -- 6.3 Demand for match tickets: stadium attendance -- 6.4 Labour market operations -- 6.4.1 A nationality survey -- 6.4.2 Classification -- 6.4.3 EPL composition -- 6.4.4 La Liga composition -- 6.4.5 Serie A composition -- 6.4.6 Bundesliga composition -- 6.4.7 Ligue 1 composition -- 6.4.8 Domestic, EU and non-EU -- 6.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 It's just not cricket: Rules and the gentleman's game -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The economics of cricket -- 7.2.1 Why should cricket interest economists? -- 7.2.2 First-class cricket -- 7.2.3 The County Championship -- 7.2.4 Does competitive balance matter in cricket? -- 7.2.5 Competitive balance in the County Championship -- 7.2.6 Is there home advantage in cricket? -- 7.2.7 Home advantage in the County Championship -- 7.2.8 First-mover advantage and the toss of a coin -- 7.3 The impact of the uncontested toss -- 7.3.1 Data -- 7.3.2 Estimation -- 7.3.3 Results -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Incentive effects: Assessing effort and heterogeneity in professional tennis -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Theory and literature -- 8.2.1 The Lazear-Rosen tournament model -- 8.2.2 Empirical studies in tennis -- Financial incentive effects -- Effects on effort levels -- 8.3 Data and method -- 8.3.1 The data -- 8.3.2 Descriptive statistics -- 8.3.3 Method -- 8.4 Results -- 8.4.1 ATP Tour -- 8.4.2 WTA Tour -- 8.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 From Lords to Bollywood: Cricket economics, the rise of T20 and the Indian Premier League -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 A brief history of the game -- 9.3 The Indian Premier League -- 9.4 IPL broadcasting -- 9.5 Competition between leagues -- 9.6 Economic analysis -- 9.6.1 Attendances -- 9.6.2 Performance -- 9.6.3 Decision-making -- 9.6.4 Duckworth-Lewis method -- 9.7 The problem of corruption -- 9.8 Conclusion Chapter 10 The peculiar economics of horse racing -- 10.1 Horse racing: a global sport -- 10.2 Who pays for horse racing? -- 10.3 Racing and betting -- 10.4 Case study of Great Britain with general implications -- 10.5 Peculiar challenges facing the sport -- 10.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 11 Economic issues of horse racing in Ireland -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 A brief history of horse racing in Ireland -- 11.3 Funding of horse racing -- 11.3.1 The betting duty -- 11.3.2 Government support for Horse Racing Ireland -- 11.3.3 Athletes and horses -- 11.4 Horse racing television broadcasting -- 11.5 Brexit and the Anglo-Irish relationship -- 11.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 12 All jockeys are equal, but some jockeys are more equal than others -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Are women strong enough to be jockeys? -- 12.3 A glance at British horse racing -- 12.4 Licensing -- 12.5 Hiring decisions -- 12.6 Betting markets -- 12.7 Trainer bias -- 12.8 Conclusion -- Chapter 13 The economics of sports betting and sports betting in economics -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 The economics of sports betting -- 13.3 Sports betting in economics -- 13.4 Future directions and conclusion -- Chapter 14 On- and off-field behaviour of match officials in professional team sports -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Referee bias -- 14.3 Pro14 rugby -- 14.4 Data and methodology -- 14.5 Results -- 14.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 15 Do umpires prefer blonds (and other noticeable types) to take Charlie home? -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Three possible sources of umpire voting bias -- 15.3 Data and results -- 15.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 16 Playing senior inter-county Gaelic games: The time commitments given and consequences -- 16.1 Introduction and context -- 16.2 Gaelic games -- 16.3 Commitment playing senior inter-county Gaelic games -- 16.3.1 Inter-county training 16.3.2 Individually instigated training -- 16.3.3 Other Gaelic games team involvement -- 16.4 Effects on players' lives -- 16.4.1 Time allocated to other life areas -- Professional career (work/study) -- Family, partner, friends and general downtime -- Sleep -- 16.4.2 Injuries -- 16.4.3 General well-being -- 16.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 17 Comparing tie-breaker modes in an alternative Australian FootbalL League draft pick allocation policy -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 The policy -- 17.3 Alternative tie-breaker rules -- 17.3.1 Lower ladder position after round of elimination -- 17.3.2 Lower ladder position from previous season -- 17.3.3 Better head-to-head record across the season -- 17.3.4 Better head-to-head record after elimination -- 17.3.5 Greater strength of schedule -- 17.3.6 Worse record against common opponents (and home/away) -- 17.4 Conclusion -- Appendix: Example of how the LSB rule would work -- Chapter 18 Public funding of sport: An example from Europe -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Potential for the excess public funding of sport -- 18.3 Justifications for the public funding of sport -- 18.4 Twenty-first-century public funding of sport in Ireland -- 18.4.1 Facilities and mega-events -- 18.4.2 The Great Recession and public funding -- 18.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 19 Spatial distribution and sports infrastructure -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Previous research -- 19.3 Data and methods -- 19.3.1 Data -- 19.3.2 Methods -- 19.4 Econometric analysis -- 19.4.1 Spearman correlations -- 19.4.2 CUMUL_OPP econometric analysis -- 19.4.3 MIN_DIST econometric analysis -- 19.5 Conclusion -- References -- Index A wide-ranging collection of newly commissioned essays which examine the multifaceted field of sports economics in baseball, basketball, cricket, football, Gaelic games, horse racing, rugby and tennis Sports- Economic aspects Sports- Finance Butler, Robert editor Print version Butler, Robert. Advances in Sports Economics Newcastle Upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing,c2021