Michael A. Leeds: The Economics of Sports, Gebunden

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The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study economics in a context that holds their interest. Thoroughly updated to reflect the current landscape, The Economics of Sportsintroduces core economic concepts and theories, and applies them to US and international sports.

Divided into five parts, the book focuses on three major areas of the economics of sports: industrial organization, public economics, and labor economics. Updates for this eighth edition include:

• fully revised chapters on sports gambling and the economics of intercollegiate sports
• more coverage of international sports, esports, financial challenges in European football, and new biographical sketches
• enhanced test bank and online resources, including data for empirical analysis problems.

This accessible and comprehensive text is supported by easytöfollow pedagogical features and an accompanying website with resources for students and instructors. It is an ideal textbook for intermediate and advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in sports economics.