International sports economics comparisons /

International sports economics comparisons / edited by Rodney Fort and John Fizel. - xii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Studies in sports economics . - Studies in sports economics. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-366) and index.

Western Europe: Overall Issues -- Professional Team Sports in Europe: Which Economic Model? / Is There a European Model of Sports? / Still Up for Grabs? Maintaining the Sporting and Financial Viability of European Club Soccer / Western Europe: Labor Issues -- The European and U.S. Sports Labor Markets / Economic Analysis of the Transfer Market in European Professional Soccer / The Taxation of Player Moves from Developing Countries / Western Europe: Competitive Balance Issues -- Economic Inequalities within and between Professional Soccer Leagues in Europe: Sporting Consequences and Policy Options / Buying Success: Team Performance and Wage Bills in U.S. and European Sports Leagues / Revenue-Sharing Arrangements and the Survival of Promoted Teams: Empirical Evidence from the Major European Soccer Leagues / Western Europe: League Evolution, Broadcasting, and the Stock Market -- Common Origins, Common Future? A Comparative Analysis of Association Football and Rugby League Football in the UK / Sports and Broadcasting: Comparison between the United States and Europe / Ownership and Finance of Professional Soccer in England and Europe / Canadian Professional Football -- The Professional Football Industry in Canada: Economic and Policy Issues / Southern Hemisphere Rugby Union -- Professionalization and Competitive Balance in New Zealand Rugby Union / Brazilian Soccer -- Recent History and Brazilian Soccer / Japanese and Korean Baseball -- Baseball in Japan and the United States: Same Game, Same Rules, Same Results? / Competitive Balance and Attendance in Japanese, Korean, and U.S. Professional Baseball Leagues / Australia -- Professional Sports Competitions in Australia / Labor Market Intervention, Revenue Sharing, and Competitive Balance in the Australian Football League, 1897-2002 / Australian Professional Team Sports in a State of Flux / Jean-Francois Bourg -- Stefan Szymanski -- Bill Gerrard -- Paul D. Staudohar -- Jean-Jacques Gouguet and Didier Primault -- Wladimir Andreff -- H. F. Moorhouse -- Robert Simmons and David Forrest -- Bernd Frick and Joachim Prinz -- Paul Downward and Ian Jackson -- Chris Gratton and Harry Arne Solberg -- Stephen Dobson and John Goddard -- Neil Longley -- P. Dorian Owen and Clayton R. Weatherston -- Antonio Carlos Kfouri Aidar, Clarissa Bueno de Ameida and Renato Giosa Miralla -- Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner J. La Croix -- Young Hoon Lee -- Robert D. Macdonald and Jeff Borland -- Ross Booth -- Braham Dabscheck. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. Pt. II. 4. 5. 6. Pt. III. 7. 8. 9. Pt. IV. 10. 11. 12. Pt. V. 13. Pt. VI. 14. Pt. VII. 15. Pt. VIII. 16. 17. Pt. IX. 18. 19. 20.

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Sports--Economic aspects--Cross-cultural studies
Professional sports--Economic aspects--Cross-cultural studies

GV716 / .I58 2004

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