Historical Perspectives on Sports Economics

Edited by John K. Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of South Australia Business School, Australia and Richard Pomfret, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Adelaide, Australia, and Adjunct Professor, The Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center, Italy

‘. . . there is much to recommend the blending of historical and economic method and commentary in this interdisciplinary text.’

• Contents:Preface1. Understanding economics through the history of sportJohn Wilson2. From Recreational Sports Clubs to Sports Businesses: Bradford and Queen’s Park Football Clubs 1860s-1914John Dewhirst and Wray Vamplew3. Home ground advantage: The determinants of sharing versus sole occupied stadium arrangementsRichard Pomfret and John K. Wilson4. Stadium Construction and the Distribution of Winning Percentages in the English and Scottish Football Leagues, 1888-89 to 1938-39Lionel Frost, Luc Borrowman, Vinod Mishra and Abdel K. Halabi5. The Rise and Fall (and Rise and Fall) of the Olympic Games as an Economic DriverVictor Matheson6. The Winter Sports Industry and Winter Olympics in Historical Perspective: From Grenoble 1968 to Albertville 1992Wladimir Andreff7. Incomplete Contracting, League Governance, and the Role of the Commissioner in Japanese and North American Professional BaseballAkihiko Kawaura and Sumner La Croix8. Baseball and Life Expectancy: Evidence from linked historical dataJoseph Price, Sebastian Brown, and Jacob Van Leeuwen9. The Height and Weight of Canadian Major League Hockey Players, 1909–2010J. Andrew Ross, John Cranfield, and Kris Inwood10. Beating the Odds: Black Jockeys in the Kentucky Derby, 1870-1911Michael Leeds and Hugh Rockoff11. Betting on Sport: History, regulation, measurementPierre-Charles Pradier12. Club Survival in the English Premier League: What does it take to survive in the top flight? Jeffrey Chang, Luc Borrowman and Lionel Frost13. Epilogue - looking forward Index