The economics of professional team sports / / Paul Downward and Alistair Dawson

• Autore: Downward Paul <1964, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/7796044/0973
• Soggetto topico: Sports teams - Economic aspects - United States - 20th century; Professional sports - Economic aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Sports teams - Economic aspects - Great Britain - 20th century; Professional sports - Economic aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century
• Altri autori: DawsonAlistair <1940->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-244) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The market, industry and firm in professional team sports; The market structure of professional team sports leagues: general themes; The market structure of professional team sports leagues: the firm in professional team sports; Cross-subsidisation in professional team sports leagues; The demand for professional team sports; Theoretical and empirical issues; Traditional findings and new developments; The uncertainty of outcome hypothesis: theoretical and empirical issues ; Broadcast demand and the impact of televisionThe labour market in professional team sports; The traditional view: theory and evidence; Recent developments: theory and evidence; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is unique in offering the first truly rigorous application of economic principles to the subject of professional team sports.
• Titolo autorizzato: The economics of professional team sports
• ISBN: 1-134-61848-4; 0-429-23240-3; 1-280-31758-2; 0-203-46024-3; 1-134-61849-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809908803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II