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THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SPORTS ECONOMICS VOLUME 2KAHANE L.H. SHMANSKE S. EDITORSwydawnictwo: OXFORD UP , rok wydania 2012, wydanie Icena netto: The Oxford Handbook of Sports Economics: Economics Through SportsShmanske and 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. All of the authors are writing about subjects that they love and subjects that they have devoted years of study to. 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 2: Economics Through Sports Part One: The Economics of Discrimination 1. Prejudice and Progress in Baseball: Lessons on
the Economics of Race and Discrimination by Stephen J.K. Walters Part Two: Illustrations of Production Theory 5. The Production Technology of Major League
Baseball by Anthony C. Krautmann Part Three: Illustrations of Econometric Methods 10. Travel and Population Issues in Modeling
Attendance Demand by David Forrest Part Four: Illustrations of Industrial Organization 13. Major League Baseball Is Just Like McDonald's?
Lessons from Unrecognized Rival Leagues by Rodney Fort Part Five: Illustrations of Finance 16. Event Analysis by Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds Part Six: Illustrations of Public Finance 18. Multiplier Effects and Local Economic Impact by
Peter von Allmen Part Seven: Miscellany 20. The Economics of Crime Reconsidered: A Game
Theoretic Approach with an Empirical Test from Major League Baseball by Joseph P.
McGarrity 480 pages, Hardcover
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