Sports Through the Lens of Economic History

Edited by Richard Pomfret and John K. Wilson

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Abstract: From professional team sports to international events such as the Olympics and Tour de France, the modern sports industry continues to attract a large number of spectators and participants. This book, edited by Richard Pomfret and John K. Wilson analyzes the economic evolution of sports over the last 150 years, from a pastime activity to a big business enterprise. It begins at a time when entrepreneurs and players first started making money from professional sports leagues, through to the impact of radio and TV in the twentieth century, and onto the present day.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
ISBN: 9781784719944
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Sports economics and the sports industry: perspectives in economic history , pp 1-5

John K. Wilson

Ch 2 The evolution of professional team sports , pp 6-29

Richard Pomfret

Ch 3 The very short tenure of foreign players in Japanese professional baseball, 1951–2004 , pp 30-54

Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner La Croix

Ch 4 An economic history of the Tour de France, 1903–2015 , pp 55-70

Jean-François Mignot

Ch 5 The relationship between crowd attendance and competitive balance – evidence from the SANFL, 1920–1983 , pp 71-88

John K. Wilson

Ch 6 Ground sharing between cricket and football in Australia , pp 89-105

Lionel Frost, Margaret Lightbody, Abdel K. Halabi, Amanda J. Carter and Luc Borrowman

Ch 7 Workers’ playtime: developing an explanatory typology of work-associated sport in Britain , pp 106-127

Wray Vamplew

Ch 8 Ethnic inequality in professional sport: a question of discrimination in the National Hockey League draft , pp 128-141

John Cranfield, Kris Inwood and J. Andrew Ross

Ch 9 Epilogue , pp 142-146

Richard Pomfret

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