An edition of May the Best Team Win (2003)

May the Best Team Win

Baseball Economics and Public Policy

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An edition of May the Best Team Win (2003)

May the Best Team Win

Baseball Economics and Public Policy

"Since 1922 MLB has benefited from a presumed exemption from the nation's antitrust laws. It is the only top-level professional baseball league in the country, and each of its teams is assigned an exclusive territory. Monopolies have market power, which they use to derive higher returns, misallocate resources, and take advantage of consumers. Major league baseball is no exception." "In May the Best Team Win, Andrew Zimbalist provides a critical analysis of the baseball industry, focusing on the abuses and inefficiencies that have plagued the game since the 1990s, when franchise owners appointed their colleague Bud Selig as MLB's "independent" commissioner." "Run by a shrinking and self-selecting group of owners subject to no oversight, MLB suffers from a lack of competitive pressure. Several large franchises are owned by media companies that have shackled their teams to lucrative broadcast and cable contracts - often making it impossible for fans to see games on television. Others own entities that do business with the teams, charging inflated prices for facility management, concessions, and catering. Complex intracompany transactions can reduce franchise revenues substantially, causing operating losses for teams while the owners still make millions."--Jacket.

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English
Pages
224

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May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy
April 2004, Brookings Institution Press, Brookings Institution, University Presses Marketing
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May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy
March 5, 2003, Brookings Institution Press
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First Sentence

"Many would say that the baseball industry had much to celebrate on November 6, 2001."

Classifications

Library of Congress
GV880 .Z58 2003, GV880.Z58 2003

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
224
Dimensions
9 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8050400M
Internet Archive
maybestteamwinb00zimb
ISBN 10
0815797281
ISBN 13
9780815797289
LCCN
2002156494
OCLC/WorldCat
51290190
Library Thing
245775
Goodreads
1230163

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