Upjohn Press Upjohn Research home page 1-1-2000 The Economics of Sports William S. Kern Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://research.upjohn.org/up_press Part of the Economics Commons, and the Sports Management Commons Citation Kern, William S., ed. 2000. The Economics of Sports. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9780880993968 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License. This title is brought to you by the Upjohn Institute. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Economics of Sports William S. Kern Editor 2000 W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The economics of sports / William S. Kern, editor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–88099–210–7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0–88099–209–3 (paper : alk. paper) 1. Professional sports—Economic aspects—United States. I. Kern, William S., 1952– II. W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. GV583 .E36 2000 338.4'3796044'0973—dc21 00-040871 Copyright © 2000 W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research 300 S. Westnedge Avenue Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007–4686 The facts presented in this study and the observations and viewpoints expressed are the sole responsibility of the authors. They do not necessarily represent positions of the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Cover design by J.R. Underhill. Index prepared by Nancy Humphreys. Printed in the United States of America. CONTENTS Acknowledgments v Introduction 1 William S.