Overview
- Provides an accessible one-volume summary of the state of the art of the economics of the NFL
- Examines the many aspects of economics found in one of America’s major sports from labor economics to competitive balance to player productivity
- Fills the void in academic economics literature as it relates to the NFL, and paves the way for future research by suggesting new areas of research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Sports Economics, Management and Policy (SEMP, volume 2)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Business of the National Football League
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Front Matter
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The Business of the National Football League
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The NFL’s Major Revenue Streams
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Labor Economics of the NFL
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About this book
This book lays down a marker as to the state of economists’ understanding of the National Football League (NFL) by assembling sophisticated, critical surveys of by leading sports economists on major topics associated with the league. The book is divided into four parts. The first three chapters in Part I provide an overview of the business of the NFL from an economist’s perspective. Part II is a collection of surveys of the economics of the NFL’s most important revenue streams, including media, attendance, and merchandising. The NFL’s labor economics is the focus of Part III, with chapters on player and coach labor markets, the draft, and contract structure. Part IV includes essays on competitive balance, gambling, economic impacts of the Super Bowl, behavioral economic issues associated with the league, and antitrust issues. This book will appeal to sports economists, sports management professionals, and policy-makers, and would be useful as a supplementary text for sports economics and management courses as well as a reference text.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Economics of the National Football League
Book Subtitle: The State of the Art
Editors: Kevin G. Quinn
Series Title: Sports Economics, Management and Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6290-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6289-8Published: 20 December 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8607-8Published: 03 March 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6290-4Published: 18 December 2011
Series ISSN: 2191-298X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-2998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 338
Topics: Economics, general, Labor Economics, Management