Andrew S. Zimbalist, Author John Wiley & Sons $24.95 (250p) ISBN 978-0-471-73533-5
Since 1992, Major League Baseball's owners have adopted a revenue sharing program, realigned their leagues, restructured the playoffs and put aside some of the bitter conflicts that hampered efforts to build a fan base and deal with a well-organized
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Andrew S. Zimbalist, Author Basic Books $20 (270p) ISBN 978-0-465-00614-4
A professor of economics at Smith College, Zimbalist ( Comparing Economic Systems ) here presents the best recent work about baseball's economic aspects. He analyzes profits, franchise values, attendance and ticket pricing, the relations between...
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Andrew S. Zimbalist, Author Princeton University Press $65 (256p) ISBN 978-0-691-00955-1
Although many of the problems facing college athletics today have been around for decades, the explosion of money and media attention has so raised the stakes that college sports is on the verge of self-destruction, argues Zimbalist (Baseball and...
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Andrew S. Zimbalist, Author, Bob Costas, Foreword by , foreword by Bob Costas. Brookings Institution $24.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8157-9728-9
Zimbalist, professor of economics at Smith College, is arguably the leading authority on sports economics in the country. His Baseball and Billions
(1992) was one of the first books to take an educated look at the business of baseball, and since...
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