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

by Paul Oyer

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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

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Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300218249

ISBN13:9780300218244

Release Date:July 2022

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.87 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"

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Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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