Starting with a major survey of the economics of sport, this volume involves primarily a comparison of the European and American models of sport, how to restructure leagues to make them more competitive, the analysis of gate-sharing mechanisms, the economic impact of promotion and relegation and a comparison of broadcasting regimes. INDICE: The Economic Design of Sporting Contests - The Political Economy of Sport - Is there a European Model of Sport? - Antitrust and Inefficient Joint Ventures: Why Sports Leagues Should Look More Like McDonald's and Less like the United Nations - Governance and Vertical Integration in Team Sports - Antitrust, Promotion and Relegation - Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome: Open Leagues, Closed Leagues and Competitive Balance - Promotion and Relegation in Sporting Contests - Competitive Balance and Gate Revenue Sharing in Team Sports - Testing Causality Between Team Performance and Payroll: The Cases of Major League Baseball and English Soccer - Why Have Premium Sports RightsMigrated to Pay-TV in Europe but not in the US
- ISBN: 978-0-230-23224-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 31/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés