The editors of The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics have brought together a global team of respected scholars to create this benchmark collection of insights into the field of sports economics.

PART I: The nature and value of the sports system and economyChapter 1: Introduction - Paul Downward, Bernd Frick, Brad Humphreys, Tim Pawlowski, Jane Ruseski, & Brian SoebbingChapter 2: Origins and Developments of Sports Systems - Wladimir AndreffChapter 3: The Economic Value of Sport - Themis Kokolakakis, Chris Gratton, & Guenther GrohallPART II: Amateur sports participation, supply and impactChapter 4: Sports Participation - Paul Downward & Christina MunizChapter 5: Sports Participation and Health - Jane E. RuseskiChapter 6: Sport and Social Capital Formation - Tim Pawlowski & Ute SchüttoffChapter 7: Recent Evidence on the Effects of Physical Activity on Human Capital and Employment - Michael Lechner & Carina SteckenleiterChapter 8: Private Household Consumption in Sport - Fernando Lera-LopezChapter 9: Sports Clubs in Europe: Organisation - Christoph Breuer, Philipp Swierzy, & Svenja FeilerChapter 10: Volunteering in Sports Clubs and its Impacts - Pamela WickerChapter 11: The Role of Money and Time Donations in the Supply of Amateur Sport - Kirstin Hallmann & Lea RossiChapter 12: The Economics of the National Collegiate Athletic Association - John J. Siegfried & Allen R. SandersonPART III: Professional team sportsChapter 13: Economic Objective Functions in Team Sports: A Retrospective - Rodney FortChapter 14: European Sports Leagues: Origin and Features - Nicolas Scelles & Jean-François BrocardChapter 15: Competition Policy in Sports Markets - Oliver BudzinskiChapter 16: Competitive Balance: Measurement and Relevance - Tim Pawlowski & Georgios NalbantisChapter 17: Economics of Attendance - Placido RodriguezChapter 18: Exposure and Television Audience Demand: The case of English Premier League Football - Babatunde BuraimoChapter 19: Ticket Pricing - Brian P. SoebbingChapter 20: Secondary Ticket Markets for Sport Events - Pascal CourtyChapter 21: The Economics of the Transfer Market - Stefan KesenneChapter 22: Team Production and Efficiency in Sports - Mikael JamilChapter 23: Officials and Home Advantage - James ReadeChapter 24: Franchise Relocation and Stadium Subsidies - Dennis CoatesPART IV: Professional sports leaguesChapter 25: The Economics of Professional Soccer - Daniel WeimarChapter 26: Cricket - Ian Gregory-Smith, David Paton, & Abhinav SachetiChapter 27: Rugby Union¿s Late Conversion to Professionalism: An Economic Perspective - Pat MasseyChapter 28: "The Answer" and the Economics of Basketball: Perceptions vs. Production - Dave BerriChapter 29: Economics and the National Football League - Benjamin BlemingsChapter 30: The Baseball Players¿ Labor Market: An Update - Anthony C. KrautmannChapter 31: Economic Issues of the National Hockey League: A Survey of the Literature - Duane W. Rockerbie & Stephan T. EastonChapter 32: Australian Rules Football - Ross Booth & Robert BrooksChapter 33: The Economics of Major League Soccer from the NASL to MLS: A brief history of North American professional soccer - Nick WatanabePART V: Sports events and their impactsChapter 34: The Economic Impact Measurement of Olympic Games - Holger PreussChapter 35: Major Events: Economic Impact - Wolfgang MaennigChapter 36: Olympic Games: Public referenda, public opinion and willingness to pay - Wolfgang MaennigChapter 37: Olympic Performance - Eva Marikova LeedsChapter 38: The Economics of Mega-Events: The impact, costs, and benefits of the Olympic Games and the World Cup - Candon JohnsonChapter 39: Economic Impact of Minor Sporting Events and Minor League Teams - Marijke Taks & Nola AghaChapter 40: Participation and demonstration effects: "Couch potatoes to runner beans"? - Peter DawsonChapter 41: Willingness to pay in sports - Johannes Orlowski & Pamela WickerChapter 42: Positive and negative externalities of sport events: From well-being, pride, and social capital to traffic and crime - Pamela Wicker & Paul DownwardPART VI: Individual sportsChapter 43: Running - Bernd Frick, Katharina Moser, & Katrin ScharfenkampChapter 44: Hitting the ball forward. The economics of racquet sports. - Julio del Corral & Carlos Gomez-GonzalezChapter 45: The Economics of Road Cycling - Daam van ReethChapter 46: The Economics of Golf - Stephen ShmanskeChapter 47: IRON(O)MICS: The Market for Long Distance-Triathlon - Joachim PrinzChapter 48: NASCAR Economics - Peter Von AllmenPART VII: Future researchChapter 49: Behavioural Economics and Sport - Yulia Chikish & Brad R. HumphreysChapter 50: Is There a Gender Difference in the Response to Competitive Settings? - Michael A. LeedsChapter 51: Dynamic Pricing in Sports - Rodney J. PaulChapter 52: Sports Betting - David ForrestChapter 53: The Economics of Doping in Sports - A Special Case of Corruption - Eugen Dimant & Christian DeutscherChapter 54: Performance Analysis - Bill Gerrard