Articles
Betting: The Benefits and Risks to Sport
EN: Online technology has facilitated a huge growth in the scale of sports betting Worldwide and a shift towards betting in-play rather than pre-match. These developments provide benefits and costs to sport.
Demand of Professional Sports: Attendance and Audience
EN: In this article a review of the most recent developments in analysis of demand for professional sports is carried out, with particular emphasis on the role played by uncertainty of outcome, suspense, and surprise.
Dominance and Distress
Autores:
Szymanski, Stefan
EN: This chapter describes the two states which best describe the condition of any given football club: either dominance or (financial) distress.
Behavioral Economics in Sports
EN: In the present study, the relationship between behavioral economics and sports economics is analyzed. To that end, we first present a review of the existing literature on the main cognitive biases.
A Practical Guide to Measuring Competitive Balance
Autores:
Humphreys, Brad R.
EN: Competitive balance (CB) represents a core concept in sports economics. Measuring competitive balance constitutes a key aspect of empirical research. Researchers face many choices when analyzing competitive balance.