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Economics uncut : a complete guide to life, death and misadventure
Bowmaker, Simon W. (contributor) - 2005
This highly innovative and intriguing book applies principles of microeconomics to unusual settings to inspire students, teachers and scholars alike in the 'dismal science'. Leading experts show how economics reaches into the strangest of places and throws light onto the occasionally dark side...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851289
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The economics of gambling and national lotteries
Vaughan Williams, Leighton - 2012
In recent years there has been a substantial global increase in interest in the study of gambling. To some extent this … strategy as well as the ideal structure of gambling taxes and devising optimal responses to environmental changes, such as the … growth of online gambling. This volume, by bringing together the work of leading scholars, will cover the spectrum of such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852213
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A modern guide to sports economics
Koning, Ruud Hans (ed.); Kesenne, Stefan (ed.) - 2021
"This timely Modern Guide offers critical insights into developments in both professional and recreational sports through the lens of the economic forces that determine them. It explores the benefits of the relationship between sports and economics, highlighting ways that economic research can...
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Research handbook of employment relations in sport
Barry, Michael (contributor); Skinner, James (contributor);  … - 2016
the regulation of professional sports -- 2. The regulation of professional football at the European Union level. Towards … supranational employment relations in the football industry? / Berndt Keller -- 3. Performance expectations, contracts and job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419811
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Sports through the lens of economic history
Pomfret, Richard W. T. (contributor);  … - 2016
. Ground sharing between cricket and football in Australia / Lionel Frost, Margaret Lightbody, Abdel K. Halabi, Amanda Carter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419886
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Recent developments in the economics of sport
Andreff, Wladimir - 2011
Gambling Corruptors Fix Football Matches, European Sport Management Quarterly, 9 (4), 411-432. -- Hoehn T. and S. Szymanski …-212. -- Aglietta M., W. Andreff and B. Drut (2008), Bourse et football, Revue d'Economie Politique, 118 (2), 255-296. -- Anderson D …, Pouvoirs, no. 1, varia (27 pages). -- Andreff W. (2007b), French Football: A Financial Crisis Rooted in Weak Governance …
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The political economy of professional sport
Bourg, Jean-François - 2010
This timely book offers a critical interpretation of the traditional social and economic accounts of sport. It provides an incisive analysis of professional sport and defines alternative foundations to the present model. The authors demonstrate that professional sport is an extremely complex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850631
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Handbook on the economics of sport
Szymanski, Stefan (contributor);  … - 2006
This comprehensive Handbook provides a survey of all the major research areas in sports economics written by almost all of the active researchers in this field. It offers not only an accessible insight into the major findings of the literature but also presents some of the world's principal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852057
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Concise introduction to sports marketing
Cornwell, T. Bettina; Jahn, Steffen - 2023
"Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered introductions to the key principles in business, expertly written by some of the world's leading scholars. The aims of the series are two-fold: to pinpoint the essential concepts of business and management, and to offer insights that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322910
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Research handbook on major sporting events
Solberg, Harry Arne (ed.); Storm, Rasmus K. (ed.);  … - 2024 - First edition
"Presenting a comprehensive and pragmatic view on challenges around sporting events, this timely Research Handbook examines the hosting of major sporting events and the impacts they can have on stakeholders. Looking beyond the host destination, it provides a wealth of conceptual analysis on the...
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