Shmanske和Kahane汇集了快速发展的体育经济学领域中几乎所有重要的作者,为这两卷本贡献了章节。所有的作者都在写他们热爱的主题,以及他们投入多年研究的主题。其结果是真正的信息在其内容和开创性的重要性在该领域。任何人考虑在体育经济学领域的研究,会发现这些卷的作品提供了充分的背景,在主题后,为未来的研究途径和众多的建议。编辑们已经认识到经济和体育相互作用的两种方式。首先,经济分析帮助大家理解了体育领域的许多特殊制度。其次,关于个人生产力、工资、职业生涯、团队合作和管理行为的高质量数据帮助经济学家研究歧视、薪酬分散和反垄断政策等经济学领域的各种问题。经济学帮助体育和体育帮助经济学这两个主题为两卷本提供了组织结构。读者会发现,体育经济学家几乎涉及或评论经济学的每一个领域。劳动经济学在工资形成、工资分散和歧视等领域发挥作用。 Baseball's history and the NCAA are studied with Industrial Organization and Antitrust. Public Finance and Contingent Value Modeling come into play in the study of stadium finance and franchise location. The Efficient Market Hypothesis is examined with data from gambling markets. Macroeconomic effects are studied with data from mega events like the Super Bowl, The World Cup, and the Olympics. The limits of Econometrics are pushed and illustrated with superb data in many of the papers herein. Topics in Applied microeconomics like demand estimation and price discrimination are also covered in several of the included papers. Game Theory, measurement of production functions, and measurement of managerial efficiency all come into play. Talented authors in each of these fields have made contributions to these volumes. The volumes are also rich from the point of view of the sports fan. Every major team sport is covered, and many interesting comparisons can be made especially between the North American League organization and the European-style promotion and relegation leagues. Golf, NASCAR, College athletics, Women's sports, the Olympics, and even bowling are represented in these pages. There is literally something for everyone.