| 书目名称 | Violence and Aggression in Sporting Contests | | 副标题 | Economics, History a | | 编辑 | R. Todd Jewell | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Includes contributions by leading sports economists which address the issues of violence and aggression across international sports..Bases the analysis of violence and aggressive play in modern sports | | 丛书名称 | Sports Economics, Management and Policy | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .Sporting contests have provided mass entertainment throughout history, and today generate revenues of approximately $200 billion annually in the US alone. Like in the entertainment industry, the modern sports industry’s revenues are based on the entertainment value of output and more entertaining sporting contests imply greater game-day attendance, television revenues and sales of merchandise. Research by economists has attempted to understand and explain behavior as it relates to sporting contests, showing that standard microeconomic theory used to explain consumer and producer behavior can also be applied to the behavior of fans, team owners, league executives and players. One commonality among many ancient and modern sports is the existence of violence and aggression in contests. Compare, for example, a modern NASCAR race with a Roman chariot race: Only the technology has changed. From the perspective of an economist, violence in sporting contests is an outcome of the forces of supply and demand, and the phenomenon exists because fans respond to it. Spectator preferences for violence bid up the monetary return to this behavior, and the rational response is a more violent or a | | 出版日期 | Book 2012 | | 关键词 | aggression; fouls; sports; violence; violent play | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6630-8 | | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4614-3025-4 | | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4419-6630-8Series ISSN 2191-298X Series E-ISSN 2191-2998 | | issn_series | 2191-298X | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Busines |
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