ABSTRACT
For undergraduate courses in sports economics, this book introduces core economic concepts developed through examples from the sports industry.
The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study economics in a context that holds their interest. The Economics of Sports explores economic concepts and theory of industrial organization, public finance, and labor economics in the context of applications and examples from American and international sports.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part 1 Introduction and Review of Economic Concepts
part |2 pages
Part 2 The Industrial Organization of Sports
part |2 pages
Part 3 Public Finance and Sports
part |2 pages
Part 4 The Labor Economics of Sports
part |2 pages
Part 5 Sports in the Not-for-Profit Sector