TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fort,Rodney D.
AU  - Fizel,John
TI  - International sports economics comparisons
T2  - Studies in sports economics
SN  - 0275980324
AV  - GV716 .I58 2004
U1  - 338.47796 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Westport, Conn.
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Sports
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Professional sports
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-366) and index; Pt. I; Western Europe: Overall Issues --; 1; Professional Team Sports in Europe: Which Economic Model?; Jean-Francois Bourg --; 2; Is There a European Model of Sports?; Stefan Szymanski --; 3; Still Up for Grabs? Maintaining the Sporting and Financial Viability of European Club Soccer; Bill Gerrard --; Pt. II; Western Europe: Labor Issues --; 4; The European and U.S. Sports Labor Markets; Paul D. Staudohar --; 5; Economic Analysis of the Transfer Market in European Professional Soccer; Jean-Jacques Gouguet and Didier Primault --; 6; The Taxation of Player Moves from Developing Countries; Wladimir Andreff --; Pt. III; Western Europe: Competitive Balance Issues --; 7; Economic Inequalities within and between Professional Soccer Leagues in Europe: Sporting Consequences and Policy Options; H. F. Moorhouse --; 8; Buying Success: Team Performance and Wage Bills in U.S. and European Sports Leagues; Robert Simmons and David Forrest --; 9; Revenue-Sharing Arrangements and the Survival of Promoted Teams: Empirical Evidence from the Major European Soccer Leagues; Bernd Frick and Joachim Prinz --; Pt. IV; Western Europe: League Evolution, Broadcasting, and the Stock Market --; 10; Common Origins, Common Future? A Comparative Analysis of Association Football and Rugby League Football in the UK; Paul Downward and Ian Jackson --; 11; Sports and Broadcasting: Comparison between the United States and Europe; Chris Gratton and Harry Arne Solberg --; 12; Ownership and Finance of Professional Soccer in England and Europe; Stephen Dobson and John Goddard --; Pt. V; Canadian Professional Football --; 13; The Professional Football Industry in Canada: Economic and Policy Issues; Neil Longley --; Pt. VI; Southern Hemisphere Rugby Union --; 14; Professionalization and Competitive Balance in New Zealand Rugby Union; P. Dorian Owen and Clayton R. Weatherston --; Pt. VII; Brazilian Soccer --; 15; Recent History and Brazilian Soccer; Antonio Carlos Kfouri Aidar, Clarissa Bueno de Ameida and Renato Giosa Miralla --; Pt. VIII; Japanese and Korean Baseball --; 16; Baseball in Japan and the United States: Same Game, Same Rules, Same Results?; Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner J. La Croix --; 17; Competitive Balance and Attendance in Japanese, Korean, and U.S. Professional Baseball Leagues; Young Hoon Lee --; Pt. IX; Australia --; 18; Professional Sports Competitions in Australia; Robert D. Macdonald and Jeff Borland --; 19; Labor Market Intervention, Revenue Sharing, and Competitive Balance in the Australian Football League, 1897-2002; Ross Booth --; 20; Australian Professional Team Sports in a State of Flux; Braham Dabscheck
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