Principles and Paradoxes of Sports Economics

<p>This book is a Festschrift in honor or Professor Rod Fort one of the leading contributors to the emerging field of sports economics in the past half century. Professor Fort���s path-breaking research in the 1990s and 2000s both laid down an agenda for research in sports economics and popularized the application of economic analysis to sports issues for lay readers.</p><p>The contributors to the volume are among the leading scholars in modern sports economics. They put issues highlighted in Professor Fort���s research in the context of current issues. Topics discussed include competitive balance and outcome uncertainty estimation gender-wage discrimination in US professional soccer and the paradox of fan loyalty. </p>