Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of figures
- List of tables
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The economic theory of professional sports leagues
- 3 Competitive balance, uncertainty of outcome and home-field advantage
- 4 Forecasting models for football match results
- 5 Game theory and football games
- 6 English professional football: historical development and commercial structure
- 7 Determinants of professional footballers' salaries
- 8 Professional footballers: employment patterns and racial discrimination
- 9 The football manager
- 10 The football referee
- 11 Spectator demand for football
- 12 Gambling on football
- 13 Football around the world: France, Germany, Brazil, Japan and China
- 14 The economics of the World Cup
- References
- Index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of figures
- List of tables
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The economic theory of professional sports leagues
- 3 Competitive balance, uncertainty of outcome and home-field advantage
- 4 Forecasting models for football match results
- 5 Game theory and football games
- 6 English professional football: historical development and commercial structure
- 7 Determinants of professional footballers' salaries
- 8 Professional footballers: employment patterns and racial discrimination
- 9 The football manager
- 10 The football referee
- 11 Spectator demand for football
- 12 Gambling on football
- 13 Football around the world: France, Germany, Brazil, Japan and China
- 14 The economics of the World Cup
- References
- Index
- References
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- The Economics of Football , pp. 423 - 446Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011