Wright (2014) recently presented a survey of sporting rules from an Operational Research
(OR) perspective. He surveyed 21 sports, which consider the rules of sports and …

The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of
microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study economics in a context that holds …

This Palgrave Pivot presents tournament design mainly within the axioms of incentive
compatibility and fairness. It illustrates the advantages of an axiomatic approach through …

Economic models predict that “superstar” players generate externalities that increase
attendance and other revenue sources beyond their individual contributions to team …

For every sports tournament, it is an important requirement to provide contestants with the
appropriate incentives to perform. However, incentive compatibility is usually considered an …

The sports market has grown rapidly over the last several decades. Sports outcomes
prediction is an attractive sports analytic challenge as it provides useful information for …

The reverse-order amateur draft is an institution common to each of the major North
American professional team sports. The draft is designed to give the weaker teams access to …

Sport ist ein bedeutender Wirtschaftsfaktor. Seine Professionalisierung und
Kommerzialisierung schreiten seit vielen Jahren rasch voran. Parallel dazu hat sich die …

The use of big data in sport and sport management research is increasing in popularity.
Prior research generally includes one of the many characteristics of big data, such as …

This paper is an orthogonal study to that of Kendall and Lenten (2017)—on the perverse
unintended consequences of badly designed sports rules. This paper, unlike the previous …