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In Two Sports Myths and Why They're Wrong, authors Rodney Fort and Jason Winfree apply sharp economic analysis to bust a couple of the most widespread urban legends about professional athletics. Exploring the claim that player salary demands increase ticket prices and asking whether Major League Baseball should emulate the National Football League, this quick read gives us a taste of 15 Sports Myths and Why They're Wrong, forthcoming from Stanford University Press this September. Fort and Winfree take apart these common misconceptions, showing how the assumptions behind them...

The sports business landscape has changed dramatically in the past two decades. Teams and facilities have become integral parts of the businesses of real estate and development, entertainment, and the media. While an understanding of core financial management issues specific to the sports industry is still mandatory, a greater appreciation of financial and management issues that link teams to the dynamic forces that make it possible to listen or to watch games at home, on the road, or anywhere a fan happens to be is also needed.

Sports Finance and Management: Real Estate,...

This research collection compiles key articles on the economics of reputation, starting from the origins of the ideas of asymmetric quality information and reputation, and going through to current articles, including the economics of collective reputation with implications for international trade. This is an ideal research resource for a graduate course in industrial organization or for the economist with interest in reputation issues. It is a useful reference for any economist's collection.

This book takes an in-depth look at the changes in the sports industry, including the interconnecting financial issues that occur when a sports team becomes part of bigger companies, the altered nature of fan loyalty influences by network and Internet footprints, dramatic changes in the design of sports venues to offer new amenities and opportunities for sponsorship that substantially expand the income earned by franchises, and league policies such as revenue sharing, luxury taxes and salary caps.