This article reviews international literature on the demand for professional sport. The first
part presents a conceptual framework for understanding the sources and determinants of the …

With superior data on compensation and productivity, as well as the occurrence of abrupt,
dramatic market structure and player allocation rules changes, sports labor markets offer an …

This paper reviews studies of racial and ethnic discrimination in professional sports and
briefly examines gender differences in pay among professional tennis players. Many of …

Investigations into the level of competitive balance within the four major North American
professional team sports leagues suggest that the National Basketball Association (NBA) …

Recent studies of the demand for sports clearly indicate that stars play an important role in
promoting fan interest. However, on theoretical grounds it is controversial if a star's talent …

Theories have suggested that employee diversity can affect business performance both as a
result of customer preferences and through changes of relations within the workplace. We …

Understanding the interest of sports fans in professional tennis has valuable operational and
marketing implications for tournament organisers, marketeers, player sponsors and the …

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between spectator attendance at
NCAA Division II football contests and selected determinants by estimating multiple …

Using data on Nielsen ratings for locally televised NBA basketball games, we find strong
evidence that viewership increases when there is greater participation by white players. This …

A recurrent finding in estimates of the gate demand for sports events is pricing in the
inelastic portion of demand. With few exceptions, this finding has either been ignored or …