Sports, jobs, and taxes
Subtitle: the economic impact of sports teams and stadiums
By: Roger G. Noll and Andrew Zimbalist, editors.
Contributors: Noll, Roger G.; Zimbalist, Andrew S.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press; Brand: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 525
Subjects: Sports franchises -- Economic aspects -- United States; Sports teams -- Economic aspects -- United States; Stadiums -- Economic aspects -- United States; United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Build the stadium; title: create the jobs! / Roger G. Noll and Andrew Zimbalist; title: The economic impact of sports teams and facilities / Roger G. Noll and Andrew Zimbalist; title: The employment effect of teams and sports facilities / Robert Baade and Allen R. Sanderson; title: Local and federal subsidy of professional sports stadiums / Dennis Zimmerman; title: Direct democracy and the stadium mess / Rodney Fort; title: Sports facilities and the use of urban space / Mark Rosentraub; title: Stadiums, arenas, and major league professional team sports / James Quirk; title: Baltimore's Camden Yards ballparks / Bruce W. Hamilton and Peter Kahn; title: Sports, politics, and economics in the Queen City / John Blair and David W. Swindell; title: Bearing down in Chicago / Robert Baade and Allen R. Sanderson; title: Changing perceptions or reality? micro-level changes through Cleveland's gateway to the future / Ziona Austrian and Mark S. Rosentraub; title: Stickball in San Francisco / Stephen J. Agostini, John M. Quigley, and Eugene Smolensky; title: Spring training / John F. Zipp; title: The effect of the 1990 professional baseball agreement on minor league teams adn communities / Robert A. Baade and Allen R. Sanderson; title: Sports, jobs, and taxes / Roger G. Noll and Andrew Zimbalist.