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Contents: Introduction John Goddard and Peter Sloane PART 1 THE PRODUCT MARKET 1. Club Objectives P. Sloane 2. League Structure, Promotion and Relegation J. Goddard 3. Measurement of Competitive Balance and Uncertainty of Outcome D. Owen 4. Spectator Demand and Attendances in English League Football B. Buraimo 5. The Collection and Distribution of Media Rights in a Win Maximisation League S. Kesenne 6. Football Finances S. Morrow 7. Insolvency in English Football S. Szymanski 8. Sponsorship and Football S. Bridgewater 9. Econometric modelling of Match Results and Scores I. McHale and Rose Baker PART 2 THE LABOUR MARKET 10. Team Performance : Production Efficiency in Football F. Carmichael and D. Thomas 11. Management Ability, Strategy, Tactics and Team Performance C. Pestana Barros, E. Couto and A. Samagaio 12. Achieving Transactional Efficiency in Professional Team Sports The Theory and Practice of Player Valuation W. Gerrard 13. The Footballers' Labour Market after the Bosman Ruling B. Frick and R. Simmons 14. International Migration of Professional Footballers R. Poli 15. Labour Market Discrimination B. Reilly 16. The Football Manager J. Goddard PART 3 COUNTRY STUDIES 17. English Professional Football P.Downward 18. French Professional Football: How Much Different? W.Andreff 19. The Decline of Professional Football in Italy T. Boeri and B. Severgnini 20. Professional Soccer in the Netherlands R. Koning 21. Major League Soccer in the USA T Jewell 22. Professional Football in Japan W. Manzenreiter and J. Horne PART 4 POLICY ISSUES 23. Football and Betting D. Forrest 24. Refereeing and Infringement of the Rules P. Dawson 25. Detecting Corruption in Football J. Reade Index

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