An Economist Goes to the Game: How to Throw Away $580 Million and Other Surprising Insights from the Economics of Sports

by Paul Oyer

Book Overview

An engaging look at the ways economic thinking can help us understand how sports work both on and off the field

"Mr. Oyer writes clearly and ranges across all sorts of sports as well as across the globe, introducing fascinating observations."--Henry D. Fetter, Wall Street Journal

Are ticket scalpers good for teams? Should parents push their kids to excel at sports? Why do Koreans dominate women's golf, while Kenyans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300218249
• ISBN13: 9780300218244
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"