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Book Code: C5559
ISBN: 0-275-95559-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95559-5
240 pages, figures, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 10/30/1996
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • Baseball Economics is a collection of 14 articles, most of which integrate existing literature, theoretical underpinnings, and the results of empirical research....Topics these two dozen researchers treat include the influences on attendance, racial discrimination, salary determination and salary arbitration, luxury taxes, and revenue sharing....the book contains good data sets, solid models, and excellent bibliographical references.

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Description: This collection of contributions by 14 professional economists analyzes the current economic issues in major league baseball. Most of these issues are related to the recent disputes between owners and players over a collective bargaining agreement and between large-market and small-market owners over revenue sharing. Issues addressed include the impact of the construction of new stadiums and racial discrimination on attendance. In addition, players' salaries, free agency, cost of player development, and arbitration are discussed.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Baseball Economics: The Opening Pitch by John Fizel, Elizabeth Gustafson, and Lawrence Hadley
  • The Product Market
  • Rebuilding Attendance in Major League Baseball by Thomas H. Bruggink and James W. Eaton
  • If You Build It, Will They Come? Attendance and New Stadium Construction by Donald A. Coffin
  • Estimating Customer Discrimination in Baseball Using Panel Data: 1972-1991 by Daraius Irani
  • The Labor Market
  • Determination of Salary Levels
  • A Comparison of Salary Determination in the Free Agent and Salary Arbitration Markets by Daniel R. Marburger
  • An Interperiod Analysis of the Salary Impact of Structural Changes in Major League Baseball: Evidence from Panel Data by Mark Paul Gius and Timothy R. Hylan
  • Training in Major League Baseball: Are Players Exploited? by Anthony C. Krautmann and Margaret Oppenheimer
  • Salary Arbitration
  • Do Baseball Arbitrators Simply Flip a Coin? by Paul L. Burgess, Daniel R. Marburger, and John F. Scoggins
  • Is There Bias in Major League Baseball Arbitration? by John Fizel
  • Race, Risk and Repeated Arbitration by David M. Frederick, William H. Kaempfer, Martin T. Ross, and Richard L. Wobbekind
  • Luxury Taxes and Revenue Sharing
  • The Luxury Tax Proposal for Major League Baseball: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis by Elizabeth Gustafson and Lawrence Hadley
  • Overstated Exploitation: Monopsony v. Revenue Sharing in Sports Leagues by Rodney Fort and James Quirk
  • Special Topics
  • Positional Segregation in Major League Baseball: 1961-1990 by Erid Eide and Daraius Irani
  • Technical Efficiency in Major League Baseball by John Ruggiero, Lawrence Hadley, Elizabeth Gustafson
  • Labor Relations in Japanese Baseball by James B. Dworkin and Gregory S. Jelf
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 96-16237
LCC Class: GV880
Dewey Class: 338
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