Transatlantic Sport: The Comparative Economics of North American and European Sports - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184064947X ISBN 13: 9781840649475

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

The vast sums of money generated by sport worldwide have meant that the laws of economic competition, as well as sporting competition, have an important role to play in the organisation and regulation of the industry.

This book offers a comparative perspective on the economics of sport and highlights both the similarities and differences in the North American and European models of sport. It tackles policy issues, such as the organising, financing and regulation of team sports alongside theoretical issues regarding income redistribution and competitive balance. It also evaluates the impact of sport and sports events on local communities and the wider economy providing a useful contrast of methods and results on the two continents.

Transatlantic Sport will be of great interest to sports economists but will also be of wider interest to scholars of competition and economics in general.

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About the Author

Edited by Carlos Pestana Barros, Professor of Economics, Muradali Ibrahímo, Professor of Economics, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal and Stefan Szymanski, University of Michigan, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184064947X
• ISBN 13: 9781840649475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Barros Carlos Pestana, Ibrahímo Muradali, Szymanski Stefan