This book cuts through the jargon and complicated formulae to focus on the key concepts in
sports economics, introducing the fundamentals in a concise and engaging way to give the …

Europe's professional football clubs engage in intraseasonal races to win the league, qualify
for Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions, and avoid relegation. In …

Research question: The aim of this article is to analyse which objectives the national sport
associations are pursuing with the introduction of league systems, which league constructs …

Professional tennis players outside the top 250 find it difficult to cover expenses. This poses
a risk of losing young talents and encompasses match fixing incentives. This paper defines a …

We propose a theoretical model of a round-robin tournament with limited resources
motivated by the fact that in a real-world round-robin sport tournament participating teams …

Without any doubt, the Soccer World Cup is the most important single sports tournament that
is organized on a regular basis. Whole nations come to a standstill during games of the …

In professional tennis, the income is distributed unequally among the different levels. This
paper quantifies and analyses the prize money income and costs of professional tennis …

We propose a theoretical model of a round-robin tournament with limited resources
motivated by the fact that in real-world sport round-robin tournaments, participating teams …

Die Studie zum Management von Ligen in Individualsportarten hat dazu beigetragen, dass
wir die Anreizmechanismen in der Liga besser verstehen und uns „blinde Flecke …

We analyze the doping behavior of heterogeneous athletes in an environment of private
information. In a n-player strategic game, modeled as an all-pay auction, each athlete has …