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'Sports Economics is an invaluable text that uses rigorous microeconomic analysis to explain a host of sports topics, ranging from antitrust and arbitration to profits and point shaving.' Charles L. Clotfelter, Duke University, and author, Big-Time Sports in American Universities (2011)

'In Sports Economics Roger Blair provides comprehensive coverage of the key issues in the economics of sports, and then some. This book goes beyond the typical issues covered in sports economics textbooks as it considers such topics as gambling, cheating, player misconduct and performance-enhancing drugs. It also has an extensive treatment of legal issues that arise in sports markets, an area of research to which Blair has been a major contributor. This book will clearly become a standard text for sports economics courses.' Leo H. Kahane, Providence College, and Co-Founder and Editor, Journal of Sports Economics

'This is the most comprehensive explication of sports economics for the lay reader to date. An excellent read for the avid well-educated sports fan, text for a introductory class, and research tool to cite for basic propositions and for its compilation of sources.' Stephen Ross, Pennsylvania State University

'For a thorough tour of the economics of sports, no one has done it better than [Professor] Blair. For both economists and students alike, this book covers all of the bases and hits the ball out of the park.' Harold L. Vogel, author, Entertainment Industry Economics, 8th Edition (2011)

'Roger Blair does a great job of applying microeconomic principles to the sports industry. This book will help students better understand both the sports world and economics because of its clear explanation of sophisticated concepts.' Jason Winfree, University of Michigan

Roger D. Blair is Walter J. Matherly Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1970. He received his PhD from Michigan State University. Professor Blair is the author or co-author of numerous books, including Antitrust Economics (with David Kaserman), Law and Economics of Vertical Integration and Control (with David Kaserman), Monopsony: Antitrust Law and Economics (with Jeffrey Harrison), Monopsony in Law and Economics (with Jeffrey Harrison, Cambridge, 2010), Intellectual Property: Economic and Legal Dimensions of Rights and Remedies (with Thomas Cotter, Cambridge, 2005), The Economics of Franchising (with Francine Lafontaine, Cambridge, 2005) and Volume 2 of Antitrust Law (with Herbert Hovenkamp, Christine Durrance and Philip Areeda). He is also the editor or co-editor of many volumes, including Proving Antitrust Damages. Professor Blair has written more than 170 articles or chapters in professional economics journals, law reviews and books.