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 …

This article reviews international literature on the demand for professional sport. The first
part presents a conceptual framework for understanding the sources and determinants of the …

Previous research has demonstrated that people are capable of strategic self-presentation;
they decrease the distance between themselves and successful groups with which they …

Fantasy City analyses the post-industrialist city as a site of entertainment. By discussing
examples from a wide variety of venues, including casinos, malls, heritage developments …

Academic interest in the economics of professional team sports dates back as far as the mid-
1950s. Since then, many books and journal articles have been written on the subject. Much …

'Space'and'place'are concepts central to both geography and sport. Places, for example, are
the means of identifying most sports teams, while sport both affects, and is affected by, the …

PROFESSIONAL TEAM SPORTS leagues are classic, even textbook, examples of business
cartels (Quirk 1987). As Lance Davis (1974) points out for the history of organized baseball …

Having loyal fans and a winning team generally results in higher attendance at games.
However, university and professional team administrators are beginning to recognize the …

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 …

The most commonly used measures of competitive balance in sports leagues do not capture
season-to-season changes in relative standings. This article describes an alternative …