Transatlantic Sport

The Comparative Economics of North American and European Sports

Bibliographic Data

ID9705017
AuthorsIgnacio Palacios‐Huerta (Brown University, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume114
Issue493
PagesF168-F170
Publication date2004-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.0013-0133.2004.191_15.x
OpenAlexW1981443119
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

This book collects nine contributions on the economics of sport which attempt to highlight both the similarities and differences in North American and European models of sport as well as their implications for a number of economic, policy and social issues. The papers come from a conference held in Lisbon in November 2000 that brought together a group of North American and European researchers (mostly economists) who share an interest in the comparative economics of sports. As the editors indicate in their opening sentences, for most people economics and sports may appear to be uneasy companions, at least at first glance. Yet, it should take a good social scientist not too long to realise that sports settings offer many unique opportunities for theoretical and empirical study of a number of important matters in economics and other social sciences. Matters that would be difficult, if not impossible, to study in other settings. Also, sports occupy an important place in the lives of most people and represent a very large share of the time that is devoted to leisure in modern societies

Political science · Social science · Sociology · Sports economics · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society

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