Disequilibrium Sports Economics

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'Disequilibrium Sports Economics: Competitive Imbalance and Budget Constraints? ?introduces a new research area in sport management.? ? . . . it touches on important topics surrounding team-sport leagues.? ?The book certainly provides not only a sport-economic aspect but also a communication/media aspect of sport. Sport management faculty and students could use? ?the book as excellent supplemental reading.' -- International Journal of Sport Communication? 'Andreff and his contributors bring a strong dose of reality to the economic modelling of sports leagues. Disequilibrium Sports Economics provides an intellectually compelling opening and a theoretically necessary antidote to the study of sports economics.' -- Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College, US 'This is an interesting book worth reading for every sports economist because it introduces a thought provoking approach to the growing field of sports economics. The authors show how disequilibrium economics may improve our understanding of puzzling economic phenomena in sports. I congratulate the editor and the contributors for this new book and the novel perspectives provided therein!' -- Helmut M. Dietl, University of Zurich, Switzerland 'I felt great intellectual excitement after getting acquainted with this volume. The high quality papers by Wladimir Andreff and his co-authors are more significant than the topic indicated modestly by the title; they may not only urge economists of sport to reconsider their earlier theories, but may also provide inspiration and a new momentum to the wide research program on disequilibrium and the soft budget constraint.' -- Janos Kornai, Harvard University, US and Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary