The Oxford Handbook of Sports Economics Volume 2

Zusatztext Covering professional and NCAA team and individual sports, this set provides timely overviews of major sports industry issues together with empirical applications ranging from attendance to ZIP code analysis. No sports economist will want to be without this resource; all can enjoy and benefit from lucid, insightful applications of the dismal science to areas that are anything but dismal. Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Professor Shmanske has taught Economics at California State University, East Bay (formerly C.S.U., Hayward) for over 30 years. Leo H. Kahane is Associate Professor of Economics at Providence College and Editor of the Journal of Sports Economics. Klappentext Shmanske and Kahane have organized over 50 essays from prominent Sports Economists into two volumes around two related themes. This second volume explains how sports helps economics via quality data used to test a variety of economic theories. Zusammenfassung Shmanske and Kahane have organized over 50 essays from prominent Sports Economists into two volumes around two related themes. This second volume explains how sports helps economics via quality data used to test a variety of economic theories. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume 2: Economics through Sports; Part One: The Economics of Discrimination; 1 Prejudice and Progress in Baseball: Lessons on the Economics of Race and; Discrimination by Stephen J.K. Walters; 2 The Economics of Discrimination: Evidence from Basketball by Lawrence M. Kahn; 3 Gender and Discrimination in Professional Golf by Stephen Shmanske; 4 The Economics of Discrimination: Evidence from Hockey by Neil Longley; Part Two: Illustrations of Production Theory; 5 The Production Technology of Major League Baseball by Anthony C. Krautmann; 6 Measuring Performance in the National Basketball Association by David J. Berri; 7 Frontier Models and Their Application to the Sports Industry by Young Hoon Lee; 8 Age and Performance Under Pressure: Golfers on the LPGA Tour by Harold O. Fried and Loren W. Tauer; 9 Salary Dispersion and Team Production: Evidence from the National Hockey League by Leo H. Kahane; Part Three: Illustrations of Econometric Methods; 10 Travel and Populati ...

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Professor Shmanske has taught Economics at California State University, East Bay (formerly C.S.U., Hayward) for over 30 years. Leo H. Kahane is Associate Professor of Economics at Providence College and Editor of the Journal of Sports Economics.

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Shmanske and Kahane have organized over 50 essays from prominent Sports Economists into two volumes around two related themes. This second volume explains how sports helps economics via quality data used to test a variety of economic theories.

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Volume 2: Economics through Sports; Part One: The Economics of Discrimination; 1 Prejudice and Progress in Baseball: Lessons on the Economics of Race and; Discrimination by Stephen J.K. Walters; 2 The Economics of Discrimination: Evidence from Basketball by Lawrence M. Kahn; 3 Gender and Discrimination in Professional Golf by Stephen Shmanske; 4 The Economics of Discrimination: Evidence from Hockey by Neil Longley; Part Two: Illustrations of Production Theory; 5 The Production Technology of Major League Baseball by Anthony C. Krautmann; 6 Measuring Performance in the National Basketball Association by David J. Berri; 7 Frontier Models and Their Application to the Sports Industry by Young Hoon Lee; 8 Age and Performance Under Pressure: Golfers on the LPGA Tour by Harold O. Fried and Loren W. Tauer; 9 Salary Dispersion and Team Production: Evidence from the National Hockey League by Leo H. Kahane; Part Three: Illustrations of Econometric Methods; 10 Travel and Populati