Handbook on the Economics of Leisure

Edited by Samuel Cameron

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Surprisingly, the field of leisure economics is not, thus far, a particularly integrated or coherent one. In this Handbook a wide ranging body of international scholars get to grips with the core issues, taking in the traditional income/leisure choice model of textbook microeconomics and Becker’s allocation of time model along the way. They expertly apply economics to some usually neglected topics, such as boredom and sleeping, work–life balance, dating, tourism, health and fitness, sport, video games, social networking, music festivals and sex. Contributions from further afield by Veblen, Sctivosky and Bourdieu also feature prominently.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment; Geography; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781848444041
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Overview of the Economics of Leisure

Samuel Cameron

Ch 2 On Economics, Leisure and Much More

Alessandro Balestrino

Ch 3 Towards a Bourdieusian Economics of Leisure

Andrew B. Trigg

Ch 4 Leisure and Subjective Well-being

Victoria Ateca-Amestoy

Ch 5 The Economics of Sleep and Boredom

Samuel Cameron

Ch 6 Half Full or Half Empty: The Economics of Work–Life Balance

Samuel Cameron and Mark Fox

Ch 7 Working from Home: Leisure Gain or Leisure Loss?

Samuel Cameron and Mark Fox

Ch 8 Contradictions of Capitalism in Health and Fitness Leisure

Simeon Scott

Ch 9 Dating as Leisure

Véronique Flambard, Nicolas Vaillant and François-Charles Wolff

Ch 10 Home Improvements

Peter Earl and Ti-Ching Peng

Ch 11 Reconsidering the Silk Road: Tourism in the Context of Regionalism and Trade Patterns

Karen Jackson

Ch 12 Leisure Tribe-onomics

Darragh O’Reilly

Ch 13 The Significance of Commercial Music Festivals

Gretchen Larsen and Stephanie Hussels

Ch 14 The Rise and Decline of Drive-in Cinemas in the United States

Mark Fox and Grant Black

Ch 15 Entertainment and Economic Contributions of the Indian Hindi Movie Industry

Rajesh K. Pillania and Subhojit Banerjee

Ch 16 Leisure Time, Cinema and the Structure of Household Entertainment Expenditure, 1890–1940

Gerben Bakker

Ch 17 Long-run Trends and Factors in Attendance Patterns in Sport: Australian Football League, 1945–2009

Liam Lenten

Ch 18 The Changing Demands of Leisure Time: The Emergence of Twenty20 Cricket

David Paton and Andrew Cooke

Ch 19 The Economics of the Video-gaming Leisure Market

Joe Cox

Ch 20 Competitive Forces in the US Recreational Vehicle Industry

Mark Fox, Lane David and Grant Black

Ch 21 Magazines

Gillian Doyle

Ch 22 The Impact of New Technology on Leisure Networks

Vincent Fitzsimons

Ch 23 Girls Just Want to Have Fun? Internet Leisure and Women’s Empowerment in Jordan

Deborah L. Wheeler and Lauren Mintz

Ch 24 Sexual Leisure Markets

Alan Collins

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