This paper reviews the literature on commercial sport through the lens of the economic
theory of contests/tournaments. It seeks to draw together research on incentives in …

In this new edition of his acclaimed book, Richard Giulianotti provides a critical sociological
interpretation of modern sport. As global festivals such as the Olympic Games and football's …

Background: Despite the popularity of football, the analysis of success factors in football
remains a challenge. While reviews on performance indicators in football are available …

Aaron CT Smith and Bob Stewart 1 intRoduction sport has an ambiguous history when
viewed from a management perspective. as stewart and smith (1999) noted, the …

The growing economic importance of professional football and the recent fundamental
changes in the regulatory regime governing the football players' labor market together with …

Europe's elite football clubs are a small group of about 30 clubs mostly originating from the
Big Five leagues in England, Italy, Spain, Germany, and France. These clubs top Deloitte's …

This paper presents new evidence on the relevance of uncertainty of outcome for demand
for sports viewing. Using television viewing figures for eight seasons from the English …

In this paper we estimate the best responses of soccer clubs to the choices of other clubs in
Spanish and English leagues over the period 1994–2004. We find that choices are more …

The authors summarize the literature on competitive balance to point out that there is no
need for Zimbalist's editorial position that a single measurement of competitive balance is …

The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between
decentralization and corruption argue that the devolution of power might be a feasible …