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 …

medals? Why does China win 6% of the medals even though it has 1/5 of the world's population? We consider the role of …

"This book examines the initial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global sport and the varying consequences of the … sport shutdown on all levels of society. It also considers the 'way out' for stakeholders and how they can attempt to get … back to where they were before the pandemic. Featuring authors, cases and examples from around the world, the book explores …