The economics of sports [electronic resource] /
edited by Leo H. Kahane and Stephen Shmanske.
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 523 p.) : ill.
- The Oxford handbook of sports economics ; v. 1 .
- Oxford handbook of sports economics ; v. 1. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shmanske and Kahane have organized over 50 essays from prominent sports economists into two volumes around two related themes. This first volume explains how economics aids sports through the systematic application of economic theory and logic to the institutions in sports.