In this contribution, we try to investigate the impact of a win bonus on the winning percentage, the competitive balance, the owner profits and the overall quality in a professional sports league in a simple game theoretic approach. We starts from the well-known Quirk and Fort (1992) two-club...

This paper will deal with the economic impact of the Cooper River Bridge Run on the Lowcountry region of South Carolina, and specifically on the city of Charleston and town of Mt. Pleasant. Additionally, although the event is also billed, at least theoretically, as one that also contributes to a...

We estimate the economic scope of the sports industry in the United States. Drawing on a variety of data sources, we investigate the economic size of sport participation, sports viewing, and the supply and demand side of the sports market in the United States. Estimates of the size of the sports...