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THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SPORTS ECONOMICS VOLUME 1KAHANE L.H. SHMANSKE S. EDITORSwydawnictwo: OXFORD UP , rok wydania 2012, wydanie Icena netto: The Oxford Handbook of Sports Economics: The Economics of Sports Volume 1Stephen Shmanske and Leo Kahane have brought together nearly all of the important authors in the quickly growing field of Sports Economics to contribute chapters to this two-volume set.The result is truly informative in its content and path breaking in its importance to the field. Anyone contemplating research in the field of sports economics will find the works in these volumes to provide both ample background in subject after subject and numerous suggestions for future avenues of research.The editors have recognized two ways that economics and sports interact. First, economic analysis has helped everyone understand many of the peculiar institutions in sports. And second, quality data about individual productivity, salaries, career histories, teamwork, and managerial behavior has helped economists study topics as varied as the economics of discrimination, salary dispersion, and antitrust policy. These two themes of economics helping sports and sports helping economics provide the organizational structure to the two-volume set. The reader will find that sports economists employ or comment on practically every field in economics. Labor Economics comes into play in the areas of salary formation, salary dispersion, and discrimination. Baseball's history and the NCAA are studied with Industrial Organization and Antitrust. Public Finance and Contingent Value Modeling come into play in the study of stadium finance and franchise location. The Efficient Market Hypothesis is examined with data from gambling markets. Macroeconomic effects are studied with data from mega events like the Super Bowl, The World Cup, and the Olympics. The limits of Econometrics are pushed and illustrated with superb data in many of the papers herein. Topics in Applied microeconomics like demand estimation and price discrimination are also covered in several of the included papers. Game Theory, measurement of production functions, and measurement of managerial efficiency all come into play. Talented authors in each of these fields have made contributions to these volumes. The volumes are also rich from the point of view of the sports fan. Every major team sport is covered, and many interesting comparisons can be made especially between the North American League organization and the European-style promotion and relegation leagues. Golf, NASCAR, College athletics, Women's sports, the Olympics, and even bowling are represented in these pages. There is literally something for everyone. Table of Contents Volume 1: Economics of Sports Part One: Economics of Leagues and Contest Design 1. Economics of League Design: Open versus Closed
Systems by Stefan Szymanski Part Two: Economics of Major League Sports Section 1: Baseball 5. Baseball's Antitrust Exemption: History and
Current Relevance by Roger D. Blair and Jessica S. Haynes Section 2: Basketball 7. Salary Caps and Luxury Taxes by Dennis Coates
and Bernd Frick Section 3: Hockey 9. The Demand for Violence in Hockey by Duane W.
Rockerbie Section 4: Football 11. Field Position and Strategy in American
Football by Kevin G. Quinn Section 5: Soccer 14. The Bosman Ruling and Labour Mobility in
Football (Soccer) Part Three: Economics of Other Sports 16. Remembering Three Economic Studies on
Professional Golf by Matthew Hood Part Four: Economics of College Sports 18. To Be or Not to Be: The NCAA as a Cartel by
Robert D. Tollison Part Five: Economics of Mega Events 22. Economics of the Olympics by Peter Dawson Part Six: Economics of Refereeing 25. Career Duration in Professional Football: The Case of German Soccer Referees by Bernd Frick 552 pages, Hardcover
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