The Call Up to the Majors: A Proximity-Based Approach to the Economics of Minor League Baseball (Sports Economics, Management and Policy, Band 7) - Softcover

Rhoads, Thomas A. A.

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ISBN 10: 1493954393 ISBN 13: 9781493954391

Verlag: Springer, 2016

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Using economic tools that coaches and executives will understand, this study analyzes the symbiotic relationship between America’s minor and major baseball leagues, quantifying the minors’ vital contribution to the success of their high-profile cousins.

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Dr. Rhoads is Professor of Economics at Towson University where he has taught Sports Economics and Macroeconomics Principles since 1999. He has authored papers on minor league baseball, professional golf, and other applied microeconomics topics that have appeared in academic journals including Contemporary Economic Policy, Economics Letters, Journal of Sports Economics, and Southern Economic Journal. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Wyoming.

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This book explores the unique relationships between professional baseball teams and the unique ways professional baseball leagues are organized in North America with a primary focus on how proximity can and does impact consumer demand. Perhaps more than any other matter that arises in the business of baseball, proximity to other professional baseball teams is a concern that has uniquely shaped professional baseball leagues in North America. It is this particular component in how professional baseball leagues are organized that suggests building a proximity-based approach to studying the economics of minor league baseball. This book opens up new ways to study minor league baseball, specifically, and sports leagues more generally. So even as advanced technology has eliminated some of the need for fans to be in close proximity to the teams they love to follow, there is still a need to understand more completely how proximity matters can impact the way professional baseball leagues are structured and how that structure can ultimately impact the quality of the games that entertain sports fans everywhere. This book will be of interest to both sports economists and practitioners.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1493954393
• ISBN 13: 9781493954391
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
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