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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777334703321

Autore

Dobson Stephen

Titolo

The economics of football / / Stephen Dobson, John Goddard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-107-11821-2

1-280-15455-1

0-511-11806-6

0-511-04062-8

0-511-15431-3

0-511-30365-3

0-511-49322-3

0-511-04877-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 458 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

338.4/3796334/0941

Soggetti

Soccer - Economic aspects - Great Britain

Soccer - Great Britain - Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 440-451) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Professional football: historical development and economic structure; 3 Competitive balance and uncertainty of outcome; 4 The labour and transfer markets; 5 The contribution of the football manager; 6 Managerial change and team performance; 7 The demand for football attendance; 8 Information transmission and efficiency: share prices and fixed-odds betting; 9 Professional football: current issues and future prospects; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a detailed economic analysis of professional football at club level, using a combination of economic reasoning and statistical and econometric analysis. Most of the original empirical research reported in the book is based on English club football. A wide range of international comparisons help emphasize both the broader relevance as well as the unique characteristics of the English



experience. Specific topics include: the links between football clubs' financial strength and competitive balance and uncertainty of outcome; the determinants of professional footballers' compensation; measuring the football manager's contribution to team performance, the determinants of managerial change, and its effects on team performance; patterns of spectator demand for attendance; predicting match results, betting on football, and the market in football clubs' company shares. The book concludes with an extended discussion of the major economic policy issues currently facing football's legislators and administrators worldwide.