Handbook on the Economics of Professional Football

Edited by John Goddard and Peter Sloane

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In this comprehensive Handbook, John Goddard and Peter Sloane present a collection of analytical contributions by internationally regarded scholars in the field, which extensively examine the many economic challenges facing the world's most popular team sport.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 9781781003169
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Club objectives , pp 13-22

Peter Sloane

Ch 2 The promotion and relegation system , pp 23-40

John Goddard

Ch 3 Measurement of competitive balance and uncertainty of outcome , pp 41-59

Dorian Owen

Ch 4 Spectator demand and attendances in English league football , pp 60-72

Babatunde Buraimo

Ch 5 The collection and distribution of media rights in a win-maximization league , pp 73-79

Stefan Kesenne

Ch 6 Football finances , pp 80-99

Stephen Morrow

Ch 7 Insolvency in English football , pp 100-116

Stefan Szymanski

Ch 8 Sponsorship and football , pp 117-129

Sue Bridgewater

Ch 9 Econometric modelling of match results and scores , pp 130-140

Ian McHale and Rose Baker

Ch 10 Team performance: production and efficiency in football , pp 143-165

Fiona Carmichael and Dennis Thomas

Ch 11 Management ability, strategy, tactics and team performance , pp 166-188

Carlos Barros, Eduardo Couto and Antonio Samagaio

Ch 12 Achieving transactional efficiency in professional team sports: the theory and practice of player valuation , pp 189-202

Bill Gerrard

Ch 13 The footballers’ labour market after the Bosman ruling , pp 203-226

Bernd Frick and Rob Simmons

Ch 14 International migration of professional footballers , pp 227-237

Raffaele Poli

Ch 15 Labour market discrimination , pp 238-258

Barry Reilly

Ch 16 The football manager , pp 259-274

John Goddard

Ch 17 English professional football , pp 277-297

Paul Downward

Ch 18 French professional football: how much different? , pp 298-321

Wladimir Andreff

Ch 19 The decline of professional football in Italy , pp 322-335

Tito Boeri and Battista Severgnini

Ch 20 Professional soccer in the Netherlands , pp 336-350

Ruud Koning

Ch 21 Major league soccer in the USA , pp 351-367

Todd Jewell

Ch 22 Professional football in Japan , pp 368-380

Wolfram Manzenreiter and John Horne

Ch 23 Football and betting , pp 383-400

David Forrest

Ch 24 Refereeing and infringement of the rules , pp 401-418

Peter Dawson

Ch 25 Detecting corruption in football , pp 419-446

J Reade

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