Overview
For decades, sports economics has been set within the framework of equilibrium economics, in particular when modelling team sport leagues. Based on a conviction that this does not reflect real life, this book addresses a gap in the literature and opens up a new research area by applying concepts drawn from disequilibrium economics. It is divided into two parts, the first of which focuses on economic disequilibrium in sports markets and competitive imbalance in sporting contests. The second part concentrates on soft budget constraints and their consequences for club governance and management.This pioneering book is the first to tackle non-mainstream economics in sport and offers a first approach to disequilibrium sports economics. Providing a new metric of competitive balance and opening up new avenues of future research, this is essential reading for economists and those researching sport across many disciplines. Contributors: W. Andreff, E. Franck, J.-P. Gayant, N. Le Pape, R.D. Macdonald, K. Nielsen, R.K. Storm, G.N. Tuck, D. van Reeth, A.R. Whitten
Full Product Details
Author: Wladimir Andreff
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781783479351
ISBN 10: 1783479353
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 25 September 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'Disequilibrium Sports Economics: Competitive Imbalance and Budget Constraints introduces a new research area in sport management... it touches on important topics surrounding team-sport leagues. The book certainly provides not only a sport-economic aspect but also a communication/media aspect of sport. Sport management faculty and students could use the book as excellent supplemental reading.' -- International Journal of Sport Communication 'Andreff and his contributors bring a strong dose of reality to the economic modelling of sports leagues. Disequilibrium Sports Economics provides an intellectually compelling opening and a theoretically necessary antidote to the study of sports economics.' -- Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College, US 'This is an interesting book worth reading for every sports economist because it introduces a thought provoking approach to the growing field of sports economics. The authors show how disequilibrium economics may improve our understanding of puzzling economic phenomena in sports. I congratulate the editor and the contributors for this new book and the novel perspectives provided therein!' -- Helmut M. Dietl, University of Zurich, Switzerland 'I felt great intellectual excitement after getting acquainted with this volume. The high quality papers by Wladimir Andreff and his co-authors are more significant than the topic indicated modestly by the title; they may not only urge economists of sport to reconsider their earlier theories, but may also provide inspiration and a new momentum to the wide research program on disequilibrium and the soft budget constraint.' -- Janos Kornai, Harvard University, US and Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary 'This book sounds like a theoretical breakthrough towards a new approach in sports economics that generates important insights into the issue of financial fair play in football.' -- Andrea Traverso, Head of Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play, UEFA 'This path-breaking volume contains novel analysis of problems of critical importance to sports clubs, leagues, fans and academics interested in sports.' -- Robert Simmons, Lancaster University Management School, UK 'As a whole, the book provides an original and realistic view that can and perhaps even must shape the future of sports economics.' -- Nicolas Scelles, Journal of Economics and Political Economy
'I felt great intellectual excitement after getting acquainted with this volume. The high quality papers by Wladimir Andreff and his co-authors are more significant than the topic indicated modestly by the title; they may not only urge economists of sport to re-consider their earlier theories, but may also provide inspiration and a new momentum to the wide research program on disequilibrium and the soft budget constraint.' - Janos Kornai, Harvard University, US and Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary; 'This book sounds like a theoretical breakthrough towards a new approach in sports economics that generates important insights into the issue of financial fair play in football.' - Andrea Traverso, Head of Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play, UEFA; 'Andreff and his contributors bring a strong dose of reality to the economic modeling of sports leagues. Disequilibrium Sports Economics provides an intellectually compelling opening and a theoretically necessary antidote to the study of sports economics.' - Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College, US; 'This pathbreaking volume contains novel analysis of problems of critical importance to sports clubs, leagues, fans and academics interested in sports.' - Robert Simmons, Lancaster University Management School, UK
`Disequilibrium Sports Economics: Competitive Imbalance and Budget Constraints introduces a new research area in sport management. . . . it touches on important topics surrounding team-sport leagues. The book certainly provides not only a sport-economic aspect but also a communication/media aspect of sport. Sport management faculty and students could use the book as excellent supplemental reading.' -- International Journal of Sport Communication `Andreff and his contributors bring a strong dose of reality to the economic modelling of sports leagues. Disequilibrium Sports Economics provides an intellectually compelling opening and a theoretically necessary antidote to the study of sports economics.' -- Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College, US `This is an interesting book worth reading for every sports economist because it introduces a thought provoking approach to the growing field of sports economics. The authors show how disequilibrium economics may improve our understanding of puzzling economic phenomena in sports. I congratulate the editor and the contributors for this new book and the novel perspectives provided therein!' -- Helmut M. Dietl, University of Zurich, Switzerland 'I felt great intellectual excitement after getting acquainted with this volume. The high quality papers by Wladimir Andreff and his co-authors are more significant than the topic indicated modestly by the title; they may not only urge economists of sport to reconsider their earlier theories, but may also provide inspiration and a new momentum to the wide research program on disequilibrium and the soft budget constraint.' -- Janos Kornai, Harvard University, US and Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary 'This book sounds like a theoretical breakthrough towards a new approach in sports economics that generates important insights into the issue of financial fair play in football.' -- Andrea Traverso, Head of Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play, UEFA 'This path-breaking volume contains novel analysis of problems of critical importance to sports clubs, leagues, fans and academics interested in sports.' -- Robert Simmons, Lancaster University Management School, UK `As a whole, the book provides an original and realistic view that can and perhaps even must shape the future of sports economics.' -- Nicolas Scelles, Journal of Economics and Political Economy
Author Information
Edited by Wladimir Andreff, Professor Emeritus, University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France
