Contemporary Issues in Sports Economics

Edited by Wladimir Andreff, Professor Emeritus, University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France

• Contents: 1. Contemporary Issues in Sports Economics: A SelectionWladimir Andreff PART I: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SPORT PARTICIPATION DETERMINANTS AND SOCIAL IMPACT2. Participation, Spectatorship and Media Coverage in Sport: Some Initial InsightsPeter Dawson and Paul Downward 3. Relational Goods at Work! Crime and Sport Participation in Italy: Evidence from Panel Data Regional Analysis over the Period 1997–2003Raul Caruso PART II: THE ECONOMICS OF PROFESSIONAL TEAM SPORTS4. Sport Financing and Governance in EuropeStefan Szymanski 5. The Effect on Player Transfers of a Luxury Tax on Club Payrolls: The Case of Major League BaseballJoel G. Maxcy 6. The Role of Information in Professional Football and the German Football Betting MarketFrank Daumann and Markus Breuer 7. Guessing Who Wins or Predicting the Exact Score: Does it Make Any Difference in Terms of the Demand for Football Pools?Jaume García, Levi Pérez and Plácido Rodríguez 8. Is European Football’s Future to Become a Boring Game?Wladimir Andreff and Gaël Raballand Index

‘Written by some of the most prominent scholars in sports economics, this book focuses on issues that have been less investigated in the traditional literature so far. The covered topics range from specific questions of sport governance and sport finance to sport betting. In my view, the collection is a “must” for all readers seeking to overstep the beaten track.’