Diamonds are forever : the business of baseball / Paul M. Sommers, editor.

Other author Sommers, Paul M.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, ©1992.
Descriptionix, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Top of the first / Paul M. Sommers -- The baseball player's labor market revisited / George G. Daly -- Salary arbitration as a market substitute / David M. Frederick, William H. Kaempfer, and Richard L. Wobbekind -- Bargaining power and major league baseball / Paul L. Burgess and Daniel R. Marburger --The role of the fan in professional baseball / Philip K. Porter -- Price setting in professional team sports / David J. Salant -- Baseball, bubble gum, and business / John A. Vernon -- Salaries and performance: beyond the Scully model / Andrew Zimbalist -- Pay and performance: is the field of dreams barren? / Rodney Fort -- Discrimination in baseball / Lawrence M. Kahn -- Team racial composition and players' salaries / Bruce K. Johnson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 91047699
ISBN0815780427 (alk. paper) :