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The Economics of Aquatic Sports

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Editors:
  1. Jill S. Harris

    1. United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, USA

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  • Discusses the economics of aquatic sports—focusing on swimming and water polo
  • Highlights timely issues in the field such as doping, confirmation bias, and the hot hand effect
  • Answers questions regarding economic behavior and provides a framework for future research and inquiry within the discipline

Part of the book series: Sports Economics, Management and Policy (SEMP, volume 17)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction to Aquatic Sport: Water Polo

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Do Aquatic Sports Make Much of a Splash?

      • Jill S. Harris
      Pages 3-6

    3. Wins Produced in Water Polo

      • Jill S. Harris, David J. Berri
      Pages 7-13

    4. Hot Hands in Cold Water

      • Jill S. Harris, James Graham
      Pages 15-24

    5. The Cost of Losing Team Bias in Water Polo

      • James Graham, John Mayberry
      Pages 25-37

    6. A Tale of Two Continents: Why Do Eastern European Males and American Females Excel at Water Polo?

      • Jill S. Harris
      Pages 39-45

  3. Economics of Elite Swimming

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Blocked Entry and Demand Shocks in Age-Group and Collegiate Swimming

      • Jill S. Harris, Claudia Ferrante
      Pages 49-58

    3. Market Power, Rents, and Deadweight Welfare Loss in Collegiate Swimming

      • Jill S. Harris, Audrey Kline
      Pages 59-65

    4. Doping on Deck: The Prisoner’s Dilemma of Performance-Enhancing Drugs

      • Jill S. Harris
      Pages 67-75

    5. The Impact of Technology and Rule Changes on Elite Swimming Performances

      • Todd A. McFall, Amanda L. Griffith, Kurt W. Rotthoff
      Pages 77-92

    6. It Is Not Easy Being Green: Gender and Earnings in Professional Swim

      • Jill S. Harris
      Pages 93-98

    7. What’s Next for Aquatic Sports?

      • Jill S. Harris
      Pages 99-101
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About this book

This volume examines the economics of aquatic sports. Covering topics ranging from youth participation, collegiate level amateurism, and professional performance issues, to the history of Olympic level swim and water polo programs, the chapters illuminate economic motivations behind the behavior and performance characteristics of this industry. Labor-related themes regarding compensation, exploitation and discrimination are examined. The volume is also especially timely, including discussions of the impacts of technological change, the hot hand effect, confirmation bias, and doping. By answering questions about these key issues in sport, this book hopes to shed light on behaviors outside of sport and provide an enhanced understanding of individual, group, and industry decision making and performance under conditions of scarcity and uncertainty. 

This book will be of interest to those studying sports economics, sports management, or applied microeconomic theory as well as professionals in the sports field: sports managers, agents, media experts, coaches, athletic directors and development leaders.

Editors and Affiliations

  • United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, USA

    Jill S. Harris

About the editor

Jill S. Harris is an Associate Professor of Economics at the United States Air Force Academy where she studies non-compliance behavior, the NCAA and labor issues related to sports.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Economics of Aquatic Sports

  • Editors: Jill S. Harris

  • Series Title: Sports Economics, Management and Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52340-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52339-8Published: 19 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52342-8Published: 20 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-52340-4Published: 18 September 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2191-298X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-2998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 101

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sports Economics, Microeconomics, Labor Economics

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