Recent Developments in the Economics of Sport

Edited by Wladimir Andreff, Professor Emeritus, University of Paris 1 Panthon Sorbonne, France

Contents: Volume I ] Acknowledgements Introduction Wladimir Andreff PART I THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SPORTS MARKETS 1. Gerd Ahlert (2000), Reasons for Modelling Sports in a Complex Economic Model: Two Examples 2. Brad R. Humphreys and Jane E. Ruseski (2009), Estimates of the Dimensions of the Sports Market in the US 3. James G. Mulligan and Emmanuel Llinares (2003), Market Segmentation and the Diffusion of Quality-Enhancing Innovations: The Case of Downhill Skiing 4. Stefano DellaVigna and Ulrike Malmendier (2006), Paying Not to Go to the Gym 5. Lawrence M. Kahn (2007), Markets: Cartel Behavior and Amateurism in College Sports 6. Jeffery Borland and Robert Macdonald (2003), Demand for Sport 7. Harry Arne Solberg (2006), The Auctioning of TV Sports Rights 8. John Gannon, Kevin Evans and John Goddard (2006), The Stock Market Effects of the Sale of Live Broadcasting Rights for English Premiership Football: An Event Study 9. Jaume Garca, Lev Prez and Plcido Rodrguez (2008), Football Pools Sales: How Important Is a Football Club in the Top Divisions? PART II THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SPORTING EVENTS AND SPORT FACILITIES 10. Arne Feddersen, Wolfgang Maennig and Philipp Zimmermann (2008), The Empirics of Key Factors in the Success of Bids for Olympic Games 11. Holger Preuss (2005), The Economic Impact of Visitors at Major Multi-sport Events 12. Robert A. Baade and Victor Matheson (2000), An Assessment of the Economic Impact of the American Football Championship, the Super Bowl, on Host Communities 13. Marc Lavoie and Gabriel Rodrguez (2005), The Economic Impact of Professional Teams on Monthly Hotel Occupancy Rates of Canadian Cities: A Box-Jenkins Approach 14. Paul M. Downward and Rita Ralston (2006), The Sports Development Potential of Sports Event Volunteering: Insights from the XVII Manchester Commonwealth Games 15. Andrew Zimbalist and Judith Grant Long (2006), Facility Finance: Measurement, Trends, and Analysis 16. Eva Marikova Leeds, Michael A. Leeds and Irina Pistolet (2007), A Stadium by Any Other Name: The Value of Naming Rights PART III PROFESSIONAL SPORTS: ECONOMIC DESIGN, FINANCE AND EFFICIENCY 17. Stefan Szymanski (2003), The Economic Design of Sporting Contests 18. Luca Rebeggiani and Davide Tondani (2008), Organizational Forms in Professional Cycling: An Examination of the Efficiency of the UCI Pro Tour 19. Dennis W. Carlton, Alan S. Frankel and Elisabeth M. Landes (2004), The Control of Externalities in Sports Leagues: An Analysis of Restrictions in the National Hockey League 20. Roger G. Noll (2002), The Economics of Promotion and Relegation in Sports Leagues: The Case of English Football 21. Stefan Kesenne (2007), Does a Win Bonus Help to Increase Profit or Wins in Professional Team Sports? 22. Wladimir Andreff and Paul D. Staudohar (2000), The Evolving European Model of Professional Sports Finance 23. Guido Ascari and Philippe Gagnepain (2007), Evaluating Rent Dissipation in the Spanish Football Industry 24. Peter von Allmen (2001), Is the Reward System in NASCAR Efficient? 25. Carlos Pestana Barros, Pedro Garcia-del-Barrio and Stephanie Leach (2009), Analysing the Technical Efficiency of the Spanish Football League First Division with a Random Frontier Model 26. Fiona Carmichael and Dennis Thomas (2008), Efficiency in Knock-out Tournaments: Evidence from EURO 2004 Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction to both volumes by the editor appears in Volume I PART I ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM, COMPETITIVE BALANCE AND ATTENDANCE 1. Andrew S. Zimbalist (2002), Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues: An Introduction 2. John Vrooman (2009), Theory of the Perfect Game: Competitive Balance in Monopoly Sports Leagues 3. Luigi Buzzacchi, Stefan Szymanski and Tommaso M. Valletti (2003), Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outco