The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics

Brian Soebbing is with Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

This Handbook contains over 50 chapters in seven parts, written by leading sports economists. Coverage includes the nature of the sports system, participative sports, professional team sports, professional sports leagues, international comparisons, individual sports and future research. Each chapter is very informative and up-to-date. All sports economists will want a copy of this volume on their shelves.

• PART I: The nature and value of the sports system and economyChapter 1: Introduction - Paul Downward, Bernd Frick, Brad Humphreys, Tim Pawlowski, Jane Ruseski, & Brian SoebbingChapter 2: Origins and Developments of Sports Systems - Wladimir AndreffChapter 3: The Economic Value of Sport - Themis Kokolakakis, Chris Gratton, & Guenther GrohallPART II: Amateur sports participation, supply and impactChapter 4: Sports Participation - Paul Downward & Christina MunizChapter 5: Sports Participation and Health - Jane E. RuseskiChapter 6: Sport and Social Capital Formation - Tim Pawlowski & Ute SchüttoffChapter 7: Recent Evidence on the Effects of Physical Activity on Human Capital and Employment - Michael Lechner & Carina SteckenleiterChapter 8: Private Household Consumption in Sport - Fernando Lera-LopezChapter 9: Sports Clubs in Europe: Organisation - Christoph Breuer, Philipp Swierzy, & Svenja FeilerChapter 10: Volunteering in Sports Clubs and its Impacts - Pamela WickerChapter 11: The Role of Money and Time Donations in the Supply of Amateur Sport - Kirstin Hallmann & Lea RossiChapter 12: The Economics of the National Collegiate Athletic Association - John J. Siegfried & Allen R. SandersonPART III: Professional team sportsChapter 13: Economic Objective Functions in Team Sports: A Retrospective - Rodney FortChapter 14: European Sports Leagues: Origin and Features - Nicolas Scelles & Jean-François BrocardChapter 15: Competition Policy in Sports Markets - Oliver BudzinskiChapter 16: Competitive Balance: Measurement and Relevance - Tim Pawlowski & Georgios NalbantisChapter 17: Economics of Attendance - Placido RodriguezChapter 18: Exposure and Television Audience Demand: The case of English Premier League Football - Babatunde BuraimoChapter 19: Ticket Pricing - Brian P. SoebbingChapter 20: Secondary Ticket Markets for Sport Events - Pascal CourtyChapter 21: The Economics of the Transfer Market - Stefan KesenneChapter 22: Team Production and Efficiency in Sports - Mikael JamilChapter 23: Officials and Home Advantage - James ReadeChapter 24: Franchise Relocation and Stadium Subsidies - Dennis CoatesPART IV: Professional sports leaguesChapter 25: The Economics of Professional Soccer - Daniel WeimarChapter 26: Cricket - Ian Gregory-Smith, David Paton, & Abhinav SachetiChapter 27: Rugby Union′s Late Conversion to Professionalism: An Economic Perspective - Pat MasseyChapter 28: "The Answer" and the Economics of Basketball: Perceptions vs. Production - Dave BerriChapter 29: Economics and the National Football League - Benjamin BlemingsChapter 30: The Baseball Players′ Labor Market: An Update - Anthony C. KrautmannChapter 31: Economic Issues of the National Hockey League: A Survey of the Literature - Duane W. Rockerbie & Stephan T. EastonChapter 32: Australian Rules Football - Ross Booth & Robert BrooksChapter 33: The Economics of Major League Soccer from the NASL to MLS: A brief history of North American professional soccer - Nick WatanabePART V: Sports events and their impactsChapter 34: The Economic Impact Measurement of Olympic Games - Holger PreussChapter 35: Major Events: Economic Impact - Wolfgang MaennigChapter 36: Olympic Games: Public referenda, public opinion and willingness to pay - Wolfgang MaennigChapter 37: Olympic Performance - Eva Marikova LeedsChapter 38: The Economics of Mega-Events: The impact, costs, and benefits of the Olympic Games and the World Cup - Candon JohnsonChapter 39: Economic Impact of Minor Sporting Events and Minor League Teams - Marijke Taks & Nola AghaChapter 40: Participation and demonstration effects: "Couch potatoes to runner beans"? - Peter DawsonChapter 41: Willingness to pay in sports - Johannes Orlowski & Pamela WickerChapter 42: Positive and negative externalities of sport events: From well-being, pride, and social capital to traffic and crime - Pamela Wicker & Paul DownwardPART VI: Individual sportsChapter 43: Running - Bernd Frick, Katharina Moser, & Katrin ScharfenkampChapter 44: Hitting the ball forward. The economics of racquet sports. - Julio del Corral & Carlos Gomez-GonzalezChapter 45: The Economics of Road Cycling - Daam van ReethChapter 46: The Economics of Golf - Stephen ShmanskeChapter 47: IRON(O)MICS: The Market for Long Distance-Triathlon - Joachim PrinzChapter 48: NASCAR Economics - Peter Von AllmenPART VII: Future researchChapter 49: Behavioural Economics and Sport - Yulia Chikish & Brad R. HumphreysChapter 50: Is There a Gender Difference in the Response to Competitive Settings? - Michael A. LeedsChapter 51: Dynamic Pricing in Sports - Rodney J. PaulChapter 52: Sports Betting - David ForrestChapter 53: The Economics of Doping in Sports - A Special Case of Corruption - Eugen Dimant & Christian DeutscherChapter 54: Performance Analysis - Bill Gerrard