This volume deals with the competitive structure of football. It examines therelationship between sporting success and economic variables, the structure of European competitions, financial problems in football, their origins and options for reform, racial discrimination in English football, and the economic impact of the World Cup. INDICE: The English Football Industry, Profit, Performance and Industrial Structure - The Market for Soccer Players in England after Bosman: Winners andLosers - The Americanization of European Football - Hearts and Minds and Restrictive Practices Court case - Broadcasting, Attendance and the Inefficiency of Cartels - A Market Test for Discrimination in the English Professional Soccer Leagues - The financial crisis in European football: An Introduction - English Football - Income Inequality, Competitive Balance and the Attractiveness ofTeam Sports: Some Evidence and a Natural Experiment from English Soccer - TheChampions League and the Coase Theorem - The Economic Impact of the World Cup2002
- ISBN: 978-0-230-23223-5
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 31/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés