Beginning with the seminal work in the field now known as sports economics (Rottenberg, 1956), concern over competitive … balance has been a recurring theme. While the vast majority of the focus has been on popular professional team sports, a few … studies have analyzed competitive balance in the individual sports of professional tennis (del Corral, 2009) and NASCAR (von …

Globalisation affects not only politics and the economy, but also sport, which has become significantly more … enter and win international competitions, although richer nations retain advantages. All in all, globalisation of sports is …Die Globalisierung betrifft nicht nur Politik und Wirtschaft, sondern auch den Sport, der viel internationaler …

multiple perspectives. Chapters address competitive balance and outcome uncertainty in different sports in a range of countries … outcome uncertainty motivates competitive balance and how sports fans actually view competitive balance. Key case studies and … the use of new data in the chapters makes this an interesting read for sports economics researchers and students looking …

Practices and conducts in professional and even amateur sports can be subject to competition laws as soon as commercial … influences attractiveness and marketability of the sports in question. After discussing fundamental issues, this contributions … reviews selected landmark cases in sports competition policy from an economic perspective. This includes the U.S. baseball …