This book is a result of the 5th Biennual Conference of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies "Economies in Transition and the Variety of Capitalisms: Features, Changes, Convergence" held in Varna, Bulgaria, 10-12 September 1998. It includes 28 papers from all discussed...

The aim of this article is to investigate the determinants of attendance at French football Ligue 1 matches over the period 2008--2011 with an emphasis on examining the effects of both competitive balance and intensity before a match. Competitive balance is measured by the point difference...

[fre] Les gains attendus par les pays d’Europe Centrale et Orientale de l’élargissement de l’Union européenne et de l’entrée dans l’euro . L’élargissement de l’Union européenne aux pays d’Europe Centrale et Orientale comporte des effets économiques réels et est susceptible...

[eng] Sports - finance and ethics. Finance is poured into sports for all, from four sources : the State budget, municipalities, private enterprises (including the media) and household expenditures on sport. These four sources are analysed in the case of France and ten other European countries....

The paper presents two building blocks for elaborating on a disequilibrium economics model that fits with empirical evidence of a European team sport (soccer) league where teams are win-maximizing and operate under a soft budget constraint. Going beyond the standard equilibrium model justifies...

In this authoritative collection, Professor Andreff presents the most significant articles published over the last decade or so by leading scholars in the field of sports economics. The volumes cover a wide spectrum of approaches to the subject. Some articles delve more deeply into existing...

Introduction – 1. Major features of a globalized sports economy – 2. International economic flows in a global sports economy – 3. Globalization as geographical spread of the sports economy – 4. Globalization of professional sports – Conclusion – References